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Capital Vision Community Garden

Capital Vision Community Garden from directly overhead

Capital Vision Community Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bigelow Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 2.4 miles off.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates47.05135, -122.87968

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bigelow Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mission Creek Nature Park: 0.4 mi
  • Bigelow Springs Park: 0.5 mi
  • Madison Scenic Park: 0.7 mi
  • East Bay Waterfront Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • Bartlett Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Cosgrave Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Jansen Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Rumble Hill: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 51
Museums: 41
Gardens: 40
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Yashiro Japanese Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Capitol Sunken Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Sunrise Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Beaches: 12
Picnic sites: 8
  • Environmental Study Area: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Point: 17.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Springs: 7
  • McAllister Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Kennedy Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Mima Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Porter Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 3

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Capital Vision Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flash MountainWSW 250°909 m12.6 mi
Capitol PeakWSW 246°787 m13.3 mi
Larch MountainWSW 250°774 m12.9 mi
Rock Candy MountainWSW 255°701 m11.3 mi
Mount MollySW 236°344 m12.0 mi
Little Larch MountainWSW 240°342 m13.0 mi
Lemon HillS 179°208 m13.5 mi
Black HillE 82°153 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2421:11
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5515:3316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

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

  • Great Blue Heron363 obs
  • Bufflehead217 obs
  • Mallard214 obs
  • Giant Nudibranch190 obs
  • Salmonberry157 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant155 obs
  • Pacific trillium143 obs
  • Hooded Merganser142 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/617111439

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