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Pritchard Island Beach

Pritchard Island Beach from directly overhead

Pritchard Island Beach is a beach in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Crater Lake Peak stands 1,326 m to the east, 25 miles off. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 4.1 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

beach in King County, Washington, United States

Wikidata Q49324397, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.52973, -122.26306

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Park Drive South Street End: 0.4 mi
  • Rainier Beach Playfield: 0.6 mi
  • Rainier Beach Pickleball Courts: 0.6 mi
  • Chinook Beach Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Fera Fera Forest: 1.1 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Mountainside: 1.1 mi
  • Maple Woods: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.0 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 5.2 mi
  • Camp Long: 5.5 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 6.4 mi
Peaks: 60
  • First Hill: 3.8 mi
  • High Point: 5.4 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 5.8 mi
  • First Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 58
  • North Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 2.6 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Baker Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 1.5 mi
  • Shelter #1: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.4 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 4.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • North Fork Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Waterwall: 6.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.4 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Crater Lake PeakE 92°1,326 m24.9 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 93°1,254 m24.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 103°1,004 m21.9 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 101°994.257 m21.0 mi
East Tiger MountainE 101°913 m15.0 mi
West Tiger #1E 97°891 m13.5 mi
West Tiger #2E 96°841 m13.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 102°795 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525863676863544642
Precip in5.23.73.92.92.01.20.60.81.43.55.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 3 mi away.

Tides

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Duwamish Waterway, Eighth Ave. South, WA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/351256634

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