Humphrey Head
Humphrey Head is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Lookout Mountain stands 816 m to the east-northeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Promontory Point, a park 0.9 miles away. ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC passes 0.4 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 24 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 0.6 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS
- 0.9 mi off the SAN JUAN ISLANDS
- 6.8 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS TO SIDNEY, BC
Overlooks nearby
- Greg's Point · 7 mi
- Point Caution Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Overlook Park · 7 mi
- Afterglow Vista · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Promontory Point: 0.9 mi
- Odlin County Park: 1.1 mi
- Shaw County Park: 3.1 mi
- Shaw Island County Park: 3.3 mi
- Shaw County Park: 3.3 mi
- Upright Head: 1.1 mi
- Blakely Peak: 3.4 mi
- Diamond Hill: 3.9 mi
- Brown Rock: 4.0 mi
- San Elmo: 4.0 mi
- Spencer Spit State Park: 1.6 mi
- Hummel Lake Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Blind Island Marine State Park: 3.5 mi
- Lopez Hill preserve: 5.2 mi
- Channel Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Interaction: 7.0 mi
- "Popeye" The Port of Friday Harbor Seal: 7.0 mi
- Tribute: 9.4 mi
- Havekost Monument: 9.4 mi
- Frozen Wind: 9.8 mi
- Driftwood Beach: 3.3 mi
- Obstruction Pass Beach: 3.3 mi
- White Beach: 3.4 mi
- Green Bank: 3.5 mi
- Chin-Chin-Tse-Tung: 5.0 mi
- World War I Memorial: 6.9 mi
- Mrs. Hardy's Cabin: 7.1 mi
- American Camp: 9.7 mi
- American Camp: 9.7 mi
- Fidalgo Island Packing Company: 9.7 mi
- Moran Mansion Museum: 5.7 mi
- Whale Museum: 7.0 mi
- San Juan Islands Museum of Art: 7.3 mi
- San Juan Historical Museum: 7.4 mi
- Crow Valley School Museum: 8.1 mi
- Bald Bluff: 2.0 mi
- White Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.3 mi
- White Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Fidalgo Head: 9.0 mi
- Western Prince Whale Watching: 6.9 mi
- Schooners North: 7.0 mi
- Orca Survey Outreach & Education Center: 7.0 mi
- Crown Yacht Charters: 12.2 mi
- Jolly Mon Charters: 12.5 mi
- Sally's Garden: 3.3 mi
- Overmarsh Farm Commons: 7.9 mi
- Community Garden: 8.3 mi
- Thirsty Goose: 10.9 mi
- English Camp Garden: 13.0 mi
- 1: 6.9 mi
- 2: 6.9 mi
- 3: 6.9 mi
- 4: 7.0 mi
- 5: 7.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.1 mi
- Rustic Falls: 6.1 mi
- Cavern Falls: 6.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.3 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 20.5 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 23.9 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 24.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.3 mi
- Smith Island Keepers House: 16.8 mi
- Whitney: 19.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Humphrey Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Mountain | ENE 69° | 816 m | 24.8 mi |
| Mount Constitution | NNE 12° | 732 m | 8.2 mi |
| Chuckanut Mountain | ENE 78° | 705 m | 21.6 mi |
| False Summit | NNE 13° | 697 m | 7.4 mi |
| Little Summit | NNE 13° | 613 m | 6.8 mi |
| Mount Pickett | NNE 23° | 533 m | 7.9 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 2° | 447 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Erie | ESE 124° | 385 m | 13.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:43 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:10 | 20:28 | 21:18 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 08:02 | 15:24 | 16:19 |
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 | 50 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 62 | 58 | 52 | 45 | 41 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olga 2 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/356540301
Day trips start here
- Orcas Village · 4 mi
- San Juan Islands · 4 mi
- Lopez Island · 6 mi
- Orcas Island · 6 mi
- Eastsound · 9 mi
- Anacortes · 12 mi
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