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Nooksack Totem Pole

Nooksack Totem Pole from directly overhead

Nooksack Totem Pole is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Colfax Peak stands 2,851 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Deming Homestead Eagle Park, a park 1.7 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
2014-12-15
Material
wood
Inscription
THIS TOTEM POLE IS A DONATION FROM THE NOOKSACK TRIBE TO THE MOUNT BAKER SCHOOL DISTRICT AND SYMBOLIZES THE PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT AND THE NOOKSACK TRIBE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION AND SUPPORT FOR ALL STUDENTS
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.82517, -122.22040

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Deming Homestead Eagle Park: 1.7 mi
  • Josh VanderYacht Park: 2.8 mi
  • Nugent's Corner River Access: 3.4 mi
  • Nooksack City Park: 8.5 mi
  • Everson Park: 8.6 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Nature reserves: 55
Historic sites: 42
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 12
Gardens: 10
  • Garden: 11.9 mi
  • York Community Farm: 12.3 mi
  • Cornwall Rose Garden: 12.4 mi
  • WeGrow Garden: 12.5 mi
  • Magical Garden: 13.4 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Public Access Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Cornwall Beach: 13.5 mi
  • Squalicum Beach: 14.1 mi
  • dogfish beach: 17.7 mi
  • Dogfish beach south: 17.7 mi
Attractions: 7
  • Stoney Ridge Farm: 9.0 mi
  • Samson Estates Winery: 9.6 mi
  • Dan Cramer's Western Town: 11.7 mi
  • Farmville: 13.4 mi
  • School Area: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Nooksack Totem Pole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Colfax PeakESE 102°2,851 m17.5 mi
Lincoln PeakESE 103°2,695 m16.9 mi
Seward PeakESE 106°2,385 m17.1 mi
South TwinSE 128°2,123 m13.5 mi
North TwinSE 127°2,024 m12.6 mi
Skookum PeakSE 129°2,018 m13.8 mi
Little SisterSE 129°2,012 m14.4 mi
Skyline DivideE 86°1,998 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:22
June solstice05:0620:2721:17
September equinox06:5618:2719:09
December solstice08:0015:2016:15

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384044495660646359514338
Precip in7.03.95.04.03.22.41.41.52.95.37.16.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clearbrook, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13480902067

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