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Tugboat Beach

Tugboat Beach from directly overhead

Tugboat Beach is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Lookout Mountain stands 816 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Tugboat Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC passes 1.2 miles off.

Public beach access

How to reach it

Coordinates48.48952, -122.67531

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tugboat Park: 0.0 mi
  • Tugboat Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cabana Park: 0.6 mi
  • Skyline Home Owners Association: 0.7 mi
  • John and Doris Tursi Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites: 48
  • Fidalgo Island Packing Company: 1.0 mi
  • Keith Shugarts Playground: 3.2 mi
  • Anne Curtis Sculpture: 3.4 mi
  • Seafarers Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Lady of the Sea: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 34
Museums: 30
Gardens: 24
Cliffs: 20
Attractions: 19
  • Anacortes Yacht Charters: 3.3 mi
  • Crown Yacht Charters: 3.4 mi
  • Jolly Mon Charters: 3.4 mi
  • Beachcomber Charters: 6.8 mi
  • Corn Maze: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Hidden Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Chuckanut Falls: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 14.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Tugboat Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainNE 46°816 m19.9 mi
Anderson MountainENE 65°736 m20.6 mi
Mount ConstitutionNNW 331°732 m14.8 mi
Chuckanut MountainNE 52°705 m15.5 mi
False SummitNNW 329°697 m14.2 mi
Little SummitNNW 328°613 m13.7 mi
Mount PickettNNW 335°533 m13.5 mi
Devils MountainESE 115°520 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:24
June solstice05:1020:2721:17
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice08:0115:2416:19

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, 3 mi away.

The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.

NOAA CO-OPS station Ship Harbor, Fidalgo Island, WA, 1 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/479638693

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