Courtyard
Courtyard is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 128 m. Jump Off Joe stands 670 m to the south, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Jr., a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 124 VIC TRI CITIES TO 24 MILES WEST OF SR 129 VIC CLARKSTON passes 5.9 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the JCT SR 124 VIC TRI CITIES TO 24 MILES WEST OF SR 129 VIC CLARKSTON
- 7.0 mi off the JCT SR 395 VIC TRI CITIES TO THE OREGON BORDER VIC PLYMOUTH
- 22.5 mi off the JCT SR 395 VIC MESA TO JCT SR 97 VIC BREWSTER
- 24.4 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
Named places within 25 miles
- Richardson Park: 0.5 mi
- Lucas Park: 0.7 mi
- Road 36 Soccer Fields: 1.0 mi
- Centennial Park: 1.2 mi
- McGee Playfield: 1.4 mi
- Untitled: 0.2 mi
- Systematic Labor of Music: 0.2 mi
- Ardith: 0.2 mi
- Mother of Re-Invention II: 2.4 mi
- Call of the River: 2.5 mi
- Thompson Hill: 6.2 mi
- Perry Monument: 6.5 mi
- Little Badger Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Badger Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Jump Off Joe: 10.3 mi
- Zintel Canyon Greenway: 4.3 mi
- Wye Levee Natural Area: 5.6 mi
- Riverview Natural Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Columbia Point South: 6.1 mi
- Richland Bend: 6.9 mi
- Baha'i Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Jay Perry Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Queen of Spades Garden Club Memorial Arboretum: 4.3 mi
- Shade Garden: 5.1 mi
- Bird and Butterfly Garden: 5.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr.: 0.0 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 2.6 mi
- The Green Bridge Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Gene L. Spaulding: 5.5 mi
- Pasco Aviation Museum: 1.1 mi
- Franklin County Historical Museum: 1.9 mi
- REACH Museum: 4.8 mi
- Sacajawea Interpretive Center: 5.3 mi
- White Bluffs Quilt Museum: 8.0 mi
- Ainsworth: 5.1 mi
- Martindale: 7.5 mi
- Levey: 13.2 mi
- Attalia: 13.8 mi
- Mottinger: 21.8 mi
- Max Air Trampoline Park: 5.7 mi
- 9/11 WTC Memorial Kennewick: 6.0 mi
- The Pink House: 6.2 mi
- USS Triton Submarine: 9.8 mi
- Coyote Srings: 10.7 mi
- Badger Spring: 13.4 mi
- Katie Fleck Spring: 21.2 mi
- Wallula Wall (Lower): 17.3 mi
- Wallula Wall (Upper): 17.6 mi
- River View: 23.4 mi
- Carbody Beach: 11.5 mi
- McNary Beach: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Courtyard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jump Off Joe | S 183° | 670 m | 10.3 mi |
| Chandler Butte | W 269° | 622 m | 21.2 mi |
| Johnson Butte | SSW 198° | 620 m | 11.3 mi |
| Dead Dog Launch | W 268° | 556 m | 18.7 mi |
| Badger Mountain | W 262° | 481.3 m | 9.6 mi |
| Rome | WSW 250° | 479 m | 13.9 mi |
| Candy Mountain | W 272° | 424 m | 11.8 mi |
| Fourmile | SSW 193° | 413 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:06 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:16 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:23 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 46 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 75 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pasco TRI Cities AP, 1 mi away.
- Burrowing Owl9 obs
- Field Skipper4 obs
- Ring-billed Gull3 obs
- American Kestrel3 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk3 obs
- Mallard3 obs
- White-lined Sphinx3 obs
- Gray Hairstreak3 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/725210156
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