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Haida Canoe Cove

Haida Canoe Cove from directly overhead

Haida Canoe Cove is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Mount Constitution stands 732 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Madrona Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC passes 2.5 miles off. 205 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

A small cove housing a large Native American Haida Style canoe.

How to reach it

Coordinates48.66673, -123.15931

205 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • San Juan County Park: 8.6 mi
  • Lime Kiln Point State Park: 10.4 mi
  • John O. Linde Community Park: 10.5 mi
  • Fairweather Park: 11.1 mi
  • Overlook Park: 11.2 mi
Peaks: 41
Cliffs: 19
  • Henderson Point: 0.3 mi
  • Rocky Top: 0.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 0.3 mi
  • Read's Point: 0.4 mi
  • The Notch: 0.4 mi
Beaches: 18
  • Madrona Beach: 0.0 mi
  • Cottonwood Cove: 0.3 mi
  • The Landing: 0.3 mi
  • Nawalagwis (Magic Beach): 0.3 mi
  • North Beach: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 11
Museums: 8
Attractions: 8
Historic sites: 8
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 15.4 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 14.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ConstitutionE732 m15.0 mi
False SummitE697 m14.9 mi
Little SummitE613 m14.9 mi
Mount PickettE533 m16.4 mi
Buck MountainE447 m13.7 mi
Mount WoolardESE362 m11.6 mi
Entrance MountainE360 m14.5 mi
Turtleback MountainE343 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:26
June solstice05:1120:3021:20
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice08:0315:2516:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346495458616258514542
Precip in2.71.51.41.01.10.70.50.71.02.33.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friday Harbor AP, 12 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Roche Harbor, San Juan Island, WA, 4 mi away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/697836306

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