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Crescent Beach

Crescent Beach is a beach in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Lookout Mountain stands 816 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Beach Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. SAN JUAN ISLANDS passes 7.1 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
11 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.69492, -122.89640

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Library Park: 0.4 mi
  • Buck Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eastsound Village Green County Park: 0.5 mi
  • Eastsound Waterfront County Park: 0.6 mi
  • Stone-Bridge terrrill preserve: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 59
Beaches: 35
Historic sites: 34
  • EV Henry Memorial Marker: 3.6 mi
  • Mrs. Hardy's Cabin: 10.4 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 12.3 mi
  • Historic Storeshouse: 13.8 mi
  • Fidalgo Island Packing Company: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 24
Museums: 21
Gardens: 18
Attractions: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • 1: 6.4 mi
  • 2: 6.4 mi
  • 3: 6.4 mi
  • 4: 6.4 mi
  • 5: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Rustic Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Chuckanut Falls: 19.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 3.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crescent Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainE 91°816 m24.4 mi
Mount ConstitutionESE 112°732 m3.2 mi
Chuckanut MountainESE 102°705 m22.8 mi
False SummitSE 125°697 m3.5 mi
Little SummitSE 132°613 m3.8 mi
Mount PickettESE 114°533 m4.8 mi
Squalicum MountainENE 76°472 m24.7 mi
Buck MountainE 82°447 m1.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1020:2921:19
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice08:0215:2316:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346505558626258524541
Precip in3.92.62.62.11.71.30.71.01.63.24.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olga 2 SE, 7 mi away.

Mean tidal range 4.94 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Rosario, East Sound, Orcas Island, WA, 4 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/981765431

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