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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

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: 59
Peaks: 59
Nature reserves
Beaches: 33
Historic sites: 32
  • 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: 15
Attractions: 13
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
Picnic sites: 3
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 MountainE816 m24.4 mi
Mount ConstitutionESE732 m3.2 mi
Chuckanut MountainESE705 m22.8 mi
False SummitSE697 m3.5 mi
Little SummitSE613 m3.8 mi
Mount PickettESE533 m4.8 mi
Squalicum MountainENE472 m24.7 mi
Buck MountainE447 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 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/981765431

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