Sunrise Beach
Sunrise Beach is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Gold Mountain stands 528 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunrise Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 2.6 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
- 11.5 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH
- 11.5 mi off the SOUTHWORTH TO VASHON
- 11.8 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON
Overlooks nearby
- South Beach Drive Road End · 16 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 17 mi
- Point White Pier · 17 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Beach Park: 0.1 mi
- Sea Cliff Country & Riding Club Beach Park: 0.4 mi
- Evergreen Park: 0.5 mi
- Crescent Creek Park: 1.2 mi
- Maritime Pier Park: 1.8 mi
- Mussel Beach: 1.9 mi
- Our Fisherman, Our Guardian: 1.9 mi
- The Big Catch: 2.0 mi
- Ringing In The Salmon: 2.0 mi
- Ulsh Fauxtem Pole: 2.3 mi
- Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary: 1.9 mi
- Christensen Pond Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Peninsula Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Fisher Creek Forest: 4.0 mi
- Marjorie R. Stanley Natural Area: 5.9 mi
- After Medicine Creek: 1.9 mi
- Before Gig Harbor: 1.9 mi
- The Puyallup Tribe / sx̌ʷəbabš | The Swift Water People: 1.9 mi
- Gig Harbor 9/11 Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Fort Nisqually: 3.4 mi
- Harbor History Museum: 1.9 mi
- Fireboat No. 1: 5.8 mi
- Browns Point Historical Society: 6.1 mi
- Job Carr Cabin Museum: 6.6 mi
- Puget Sound Museum of Natural History: 6.9 mi
- Kinbee Hill: 2.7 mi
- Indian Point: 3.3 mi
- Ford Hill: 5.3 mi
- Gravel Pit Peak: 5.3 mi
- Indian Hill: 7.4 mi
- Rhododendron Garden: 3.1 mi
- Nature Play Garden: 3.6 mi
- Iris Garden: 3.6 mi
- Dahlia Trial Garden: 3.6 mi
- Point Defiance Rose Garden: 3.6 mi
- Muskoxen: 3.3 mi
- Arctic Fox: 3.4 mi
- Polar Bears: 3.4 mi
- Muskoxen: 3.4 mi
- In Touch with the Wild: 3.4 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 0.2 mi
- Owen Beach: 2.9 mi
- Salmon Beach: 4.2 mi
- Anderson Point Park Beach: 6.2 mi
- Titlow Beach: 6.8 mi
- Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Rustic Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Red Wolf Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- The Meadow: 6.8 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Generator Building: 6.0 mi
- Boat House: 6.1 mi
- Oil House: 6.1 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 6.1 mi
- Windy Bluff: 11.0 mi
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Pigeon Point: 17.8 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 18.7 mi
- Ellison Spring: 10.6 mi
- Garrison Springs: 11.7 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 16.1 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 16.4 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 23.0 mi
- Dickerson Falls: 17.5 mi
- Victor Falls: 22.2 mi
- Far Country Falls: 23.2 mi
- North Fork Falls: 23.7 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Sunrise Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Mountain | NW 322° | 528 m | 17.5 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 322° | 484 m | 18.9 mi |
| Indian Hill | ESE 115° | 167 m | 7.4 mi |
| High Point | NNE 32° | 158 m | 15.5 mi |
| Black Hill | SSW 193° | 153 m | 19.7 mi |
| Goodman Hill | SSW 192° | 145 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bare Hill | SSW 193° | 136 m | 19.3 mi |
| Beal Hill | S 190° | 128 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 43 | 46 | 49 | 56 | 60 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 52 | 45 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 4.3 | 7.2 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 6 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Gig Harbor, WA, 2 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/438794643
Day trips start here
- Gig Harbor · 2 mi
- Purdy · 4 mi
- Olalla · 6 mi
- Vashon Island · 6 mi
- Key Center · 9 mi
- Tacoma · 9 mi
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