Driftwood Beach
Driftwood Beach is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Lookout Mountain stands 816 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Blakely Peak, a peak 1.0 miles away. ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC passes 2.8 miles off.
Beach restored using gravel nourishment in 1999 by island citizens.
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 2.9 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS
- 3.4 mi off the San Juan Islands
- 9.6 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS TO SIDNEY, BC
Overlooks nearby
- Greg's Point · 10 mi
- Point Caution Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Overlook Park · 10 mi
- Afterglow Vista · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blakely Peak: 1.0 mi
- Brown Rock: 1.2 mi
- Entrance Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Upright Head: 3.9 mi
- Diamond Hill: 4.1 mi
- Havekost Monument: 8.4 mi
- Tribute: 8.8 mi
- Interaction: 10.1 mi
- "Popeye" The Port of Friday Harbor Seal: 10.1 mi
- Driftwood Giraffes: 10.4 mi
- Obstruction Pass State Park: 1.6 mi
- Olga Marine Park: 2.6 mi
- Olga Community Park: 2.7 mi
- Promontory Point: 3.6 mi
- Odlin County Park: 4.4 mi
- Spencer Spit State Park: 4.0 mi
- Blind Island Marine State Park: 5.9 mi
- Hummel Lake Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Lopez Hill preserve: 7.6 mi
- Dog Woods: 8.5 mi
- Obstruction Pass Beach: 1.4 mi
- Green Bank: 3.0 mi
- White Beach: 3.1 mi
- Chin-Chin-Tse-Tung: 4.0 mi
- West Beach: 7.9 mi
- Mrs. Hardy's Cabin: 3.9 mi
- Fidalgo Island Packing Company: 8.3 mi
- Keith Shugarts Playground: 10.1 mi
- World War I Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Altair - Americus Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Moran Mansion Museum: 5.0 mi
- Crow Valley School Museum: 8.4 mi
- Orcas Island Historical Museum: 8.8 mi
- Orcas WILD: 8.9 mi
- Anacortes Museum: 10.0 mi
- Bald Bluff: 2.3 mi
- Humphrey Head: 3.3 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 4.1 mi
- White Cliff: 6.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Western Prince Whale Watching: 10.1 mi
- Schooners North: 10.1 mi
- Orca Survey Outreach & Education Center: 10.1 mi
- Crown Yacht Charters: 10.3 mi
- Jolly Mon Charters: 10.6 mi
- Sally's Garden: 6.4 mi
- Overmarsh Farm Commons: 10.9 mi
- Thirsty Goose: 14.0 mi
- Samish Island Acres Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- English Camp Garden: 15.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.3 mi
- Rustic Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.3 mi
- Cavern Falls: 4.4 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 17.2 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Custer Southbound Rest Area: 24.6 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 13.7 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 15.1 mi
- Whitney: 18.2 mi
- Skagit City: 24.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 5.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Driftwood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 71° | 816 m | 21.6 mi |
| Mount Constitution | N 351° | 732 m | 6.4 mi |
| Chuckanut Mountain | E 81° | 705 m | 18.5 mi |
| False Summit | NNW 348° | 697 m | 5.6 mi |
| Little Summit | NNW 347° | 613 m | 5.1 mi |
| Mount Pickett | N 4° | 533 m | 5.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 342° | 447 m | 8.1 mi |
| Mount Erie | SE 138° | 385 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:28 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 15:24 | 16:19 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 52 | 45 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olga 2 SE, 2 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Peavine Pass, 1 mi away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/573434465
Day trips start here
- Orcas Island · 6 mi
- Orcas Village · 6 mi
- San Juan Islands · 7 mi
- Lopez Island · 8 mi
- Eastsound · 9 mi
- Anacortes · 10 mi
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