Beach · Washington

Rosario Beach

Rosario Beach is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Anderson Mountain stands 736 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Maiden of Deception Pass, a artwork 0.2 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP passes 0.8 miles off.

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Coordinates48.41917, -122.66431

0.8 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
0.8 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
6.1 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
13.9 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

The Maiden of Deception Pass: 0.2 mi
Water Quality of Cranberry Lake: 1.5 mi
The Eco-System of Deception Pass: 1.6 mi
The Native Plants of Deception Pass: 1.6 mi
The Old Growth Forests of Deception Pass: 1.6 mi

Peaks

Rosario Head: 0.2 mi
Mount High-G: 0.8 mi
Bowman Hill: 1.1 mi
Ginnett Hill: 1.6 mi
Goose Rock: 1.6 mi

Nature reserves

Campbell Lake - Ham/Alexandra Conservation Easement: 2.6 mi
Anacortes -Tursi Conservation Easement: 5.1 mi
Fidalgo Bay - Graber Conservation Area: 5.2 mi
Fidalgo Bay - Carsten Conservation Area: 5.3 mi
Watmaugh Bay Preserve: 6.6 mi

Parks

Campbell Lake Boat Launch: 2.7 mi
Mount Erie Park: 3.0 mi
Mount Erie Park: 3.2 mi
Anacortes Community Forest Lands: 3.4 mi
Hyde Park: 4.9 mi

Historic sites52

Really Big Tree Trunk: 5.5 mi
Fidalgo Island Packing Company: 5.9 mi
Seafarers Memorial: 6.9 mi
Lady of the Sea: 6.9 mi
Keith Shugarts Playground: 7.0 mi

Beaches33

Little North Beach: 1.3 mi
Dewey Beach: 2.7 mi
Alexander Beach: 3.7 mi
Anaco Beach: 4.6 mi
Tugboat Beach: 4.9 mi

Museums31

Anacortes Museum: 7.0 mi
W.T. Preston Museum: 7.2 mi
La Conner Volunteer Firefighter Museum: 7.9 mi
La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum: 8.0 mi
MONA: Museum of Northwest Art: 8.0 mi

Gardens23

Roozen Gaarde: 12.1 mi
Samish Island Acres Community Garden: 13.2 mi
Sally's Garden: 13.5 mi
Hidden Gnome Garden: 15.8 mi
White Bloom garden: 15.8 mi

Cliffs19

Sares Head: 0.6 mi
Rodger Bluff: 1.9 mi
Snag Buttress: 2.8 mi
Main Wall East: 2.8 mi
Fidalgo Head: 5.3 mi

Attractions17

Beachcomber Charters: 2.3 mi
Corn Maze: 5.1 mi
Anacortes Yacht Charters: 6.4 mi
Jolly Mon Charters: 6.9 mi
Crown Yacht Charters: 7.0 mi

Picnic sites9

Rosario Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
Green Point Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
6: 16.4 mi
5: 16.4 mi
4: 16.4 mi

Waterfalls8

Hidden Falls: 17.4 mi
Cascade Falls: 17.5 mi
Rustic Falls: 17.5 mi
Cavern Falls: 17.5 mi
Chuckanut Falls: 21.2 mi

Ghost towns3

Whitney: 9.0 mi
Skagit City: 14.0 mi
Ehrlich: 20.3 mi

Lighthouses3

Smith Island Keepers House: 10.8 mi
Admiralty Head Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
Point Wilson Lighthouse: 19.4 mi

Rest areas2

Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 18.5 mi
Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 18.5 mi

Springs1

Cold Spring: 18.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Rosario Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Anderson Mountain	NE 53°	736 m	22.7 mi
Mount Constitution	NNW 337°	732 m	19.4 mi
Chuckanut Mountain	NE 39°	705 m	18.5 mi
False Summit	NNW 336°	697 m	18.7 mi
Little Summit	NNW 335°	613 m	18.2 mi
Mount Pickett	NNW 340°	533 m	18.2 mi
Devils Mountain	ESE 101°	520 m	18.6 mi
Scott Mountain	ESE 102°	496 m	18.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:42	19:24
June solstice	05:10	20:27	21:17
September equinox	06:58	18:29	19:10
December solstice	08:00	15:24	16:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	44	44	47	51	55	59	62	62	59	53	47	43
Precip in	2.4	1.6	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.1	0.6	0.9	1.1	2.0	3.1	2.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whidbey Island NAS, 5 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 4.62 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Deception Pass St. Park, Bowman Bay, Fidalgo I., WA, under a mileaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/40722976

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Deception Pass State Park · 1 mi
Anacortes · 6 mi
La Conner · 8 mi
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Lopez Island · 11 mi
Coupeville · 14 mi

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