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Obstruction Pass Beach

Obstruction Pass Beach from directly overhead

Obstruction Pass 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 Obstruction Pass State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS passes 2.8 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates48.60176, -122.82852

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Obstruction Pass State Park: 0.2 mi
  • Olga Marine Park: 1.2 mi
  • Olga Community Park: 1.4 mi
  • Promontory Point: 3.3 mi
  • Odlin County Park: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Beaches: 36
Historic sites: 31
  • Mrs. Hardy's Cabin: 4.8 mi
  • World War I Memorial: 9.7 mi
  • Fidalgo Island Packing Company: 9.7 mi
  • EV Henry Memorial Marker: 10.5 mi
  • Keith Shugarts Playground: 11.4 mi
Museums: 27
Cliffs: 24
Gardens: 15
Attractions: 15
Picnic sites: 9
  • 1: 3.6 mi
  • 2: 3.6 mi
  • 3: 3.6 mi
  • 4: 3.6 mi
  • 5: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Cascade Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Chuckanut Falls: 17.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
  • Smith Island Keepers House: 19.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Obstruction Pass Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainENE 74°816 m22.2 mi
Mount ConstitutionN 359°732 m5.2 mi
Chuckanut MountainE 85°705 m19.3 mi
False SummitN 357°697 m4.4 mi
Little SummitN 356°613 m3.9 mi
Mount PickettNNE 16°533 m4.7 mi
Buck MountainNNW 347°447 m6.8 mi
Mount ErieSE 138°385 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1020:2821:18
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice08:0215:2416:19

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, 1 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Peavine Pass, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/593941581

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