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Samish Beach

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Samish Beach is a beach in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Lyman Hill stands 1,311 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Samish Island Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM passes 4.4 miles off.

The story

beach in Skagit County, Washington, United States

Wikidata Q49324572, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.57538, -122.51850

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Samish Island Park: 0.3 mi
  • Samish Island Beach Access: 1.1 mi
  • Smith & Vallee Sculpture Park: 3.5 mi
  • Guemes Island School House Park: 5.2 mi
  • Young's Park: 5.5 mi
Peaks
  • Guemes Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Chuckanut Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Olivine Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Little Round Top: 8.6 mi
  • Sugar Cube: 8.9 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 51
Beaches: 31
  • Dogfish beach south: 4.3 mi
  • dogfish beach: 4.3 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Joe Hamel Beach: 6.3 mi
Museums: 29
Gardens: 21
Cliffs: 17
Attractions: 16
  • Crown Yacht Charters: 6.0 mi
  • Jolly Mon Charters: 6.0 mi
  • Anacortes Yacht Charters: 6.4 mi
  • I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 8.8 mi
  • Tulip Town: 11.1 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Picnic sites: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 15.9 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Smith Island Keepers House: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Samish Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lyman HillE 85°1,311 m16.5 mi
Bigfoot HillNE 39°943 m17.8 mi
Stewart MountainNE 42°941 m17.1 mi
Bigfoot Hill Northeast PeakNE 39°940 m18.4 mi
SlashNE 37°935 m17.2 mi
Lookout MountainNE 43°816 m10.6 mi
Anderson MountainENE 77°736 m11.8 mi
Mount ConstitutionWNW 296°732 m15.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:0920:2721:17
September equinox06:5718:2819:10
December solstice08:0015:2316:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515761656561534742
Precip in3.92.62.42.11.91.50.81.41.62.84.43.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anacortes, 6 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Anacortes, Guemes Channel, WA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356541184

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