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Formal Garden

Formal Garden from directly overhead

Formal Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Jump Off Joe stands 670 m to the south-southeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Ornamental Grass Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 395 VIC TRI CITIES TO THE OREGON BORDER VIC PLYMOUTH passes 1.9 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates46.19380, -119.18407
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highlands Grange Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cherry Blossom Meadows Park: 0.5 mi
  • Southridge Sports Complex: 0.9 mi
  • Volunteer Park: 1.0 mi
  • Penn Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 28
  • Thompson Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Perry Monument: 2.7 mi
  • Little Badger Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Johnson Butte: 6.7 mi
  • Jump Off Joe: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Gardens: 22
Historic sites: 18
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Gene L. Spaulding: 3.8 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • The Green Bridge Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 5.1 mi
Museums: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Attractions: 4
  • 9/11 WTC Memorial Kennewick: 1.0 mi
  • The Pink House: 1.9 mi
  • Max Air Trampoline Park: 2.6 mi
  • USS Triton Submarine: 11.5 mi
Springs: 3
  • Coyote Srings: 5.7 mi
  • Badger Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Katie Fleck Spring: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Formal Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jump Off JoeSSE 157°670 m6.8 mi
Chandler ButteWNW 282°622 m18.5 mi
Johnson ButteS 183°620 m6.7 mi
GibbonW 273°565 m24.1 mi
Dead Dog LaunchWNW 282°556 m15.9 mi
Badger MountainWNW 293°481.3 m7.0 mi
RomeW 266°479 m10.0 mi
Candy MountainWNW 297°424 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3019:09
June solstice05:0620:0620:53
September equinox06:4418:1718:56
December solstice07:3715:2316:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F364047546369777667554336
Precip in1.10.80.70.60.80.60.20.20.30.70.91.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Chukar73 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch59 obs
  • House Finch31 obs
  • American Goldfinch28 obs
  • Say's Phoebe26 obs
  • Mourning Dove19 obs
  • Rock Wren17 obs
  • Cooper's Hawk16 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/897285890

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