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Alder Bluff

Alder Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Alder Bluff is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 89 m. Boistfort Peak stands 941 m to the north-northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Grove Park, a park 1.0 miles away. JCT 101 VIC LONG BEACH TO COAL CREEK RD VIC LONGVIEW CITY LIMITS runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
89 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.18872, -123.08234

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Willow Grove Park: 1.0 mi
  • Altrusa Park: 3.1 mi
  • Mark Hoehne Park: 3.5 mi
  • Roy Morse Park: 3.7 mi
  • Windemere Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Solo: 4.8 mi
  • Mount Coffin: 6.1 mi
  • Huntington Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Ogden Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Rocky Point: 8.5 mi
Artworks: 51
Attractions: 26
  • Tonka Land: 6.8 mi
  • Pluto: 7.0 mi
  • Neptune: 7.0 mi
  • John R. Dick Squirrel Bridge: 7.0 mi
  • Safety Awareness Squirrel Bridge: 7.1 mi
Historic sites: 17
Beaches: 8
Museums: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Beaver Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Stillwater Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Marietta Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Barrier Falls: 19.4 mi
  • Lower Kalama River Falls: 20.5 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Japanese Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Rhododendron Gardens: 8.7 mi
  • Erikson Community Garden: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Day Use Area: 14.7 mi
  • Lunch Place: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Alder Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boistfort PeakNNW 343°941 m21.6 mi
Nicolai MountainWSW 249°902 m19.4 mi
Baird MountainE 89°811 m22.2 mi
Little OnionNNW 340°808 m17.1 mi
Goble MountainESE 103°791 m19.9 mi
Abernathy MountainN 356°770 m10.2 mi
Nineteen MountainE 100°766 m22.5 mi
Baldy MountainESE 110°756 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:25
June solstice05:2220:2221:08
September equinox07:0018:3219:12
December solstice07:5315:3916:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347515761666763544641
Precip in6.54.84.94.13.12.00.61.02.34.47.27.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356539626

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