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Windy Point

Windy Point, seen from above at true elevation

Windy Point is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Mill Creek Buttes stands 1,497 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rowland Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
319 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.67123, -121.19813

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Rowland Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Taylor Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Gooseberry Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Stanley Spring: 2.3 mi
Parks
  • Klint Cove Kiwanis Park: 3.1 mi
  • Dallesport Treaty Fishing Access Site: 3.7 mi
  • Dallesport City Park: 3.8 mi
  • Kramer Field: 4.3 mi
  • Lyle Activity Center Park: 4.6 mi
Peaks
  • Sevenmile Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Lyle Peak: 3.4 mi
  • McCall Point: 5.1 mi
  • Horsethief Butte: 5.2 mi
  • Stacker Butte: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Wishram Indian Village: 4.9 mi
  • End of the Oregon Trail Landmark: 5.0 mi
  • Pulpit Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Victor Trevitt Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Bingen Speed Rock: 12.6 mi
Artworks: 37
Waterfalls: 21
  • Eightmile Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Cushing Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Mosier Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Lower Labyrinth Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Labyrinth Falls: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Crates Point: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Caves: 3.6 mi
  • Chenoweth Rim: 3.8 mi
  • Chenoweth Rim: 3.9 mi
  • Rattlesnake Rim: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 13
Gardens: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Rock Creek Beach: 10.0 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Marina Beach: 15.1 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 16.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
Attractions: 3
  • SA Kitesurf Adventures: 4.8 mi
  • The Henderson Monument: 15.2 mi
  • Wet Planet Rafting: 16.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Windy Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill Creek ButtesSW 225°1,497.48 m22.1 mi
Fivemile ButteSW 216°1,416 m22.3 mi
Shellrock MountainSW 228°1,354.5 m21.4 mi
Monte CarloNW 308°1,224 m22.7 mi
Bald ButteWSW 240°1,151.8 m18.7 mi
Grayback MountainNNE 14°1,146.4 m22.8 mi
Joes PointSSW 213°1,136 m20.0 mi
Fir MountainSW 236°1,098 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:17
June solstice05:1620:1320:59
September equinox06:5318:2519:04
December solstice07:4315:3416:24

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046536167757466544336
Precip in2.41.61.20.80.80.50.20.20.31.12.02.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dallesport AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356546985

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