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Heronswood Garden

Heronswood Garden from directly overhead

Heronswood Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Hawk Peak stands 1,995 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is My Girl Drive-In & Museum, a museum 2.1 miles away. JCT SR 101 VIC DISCOVERY BAY TO KINGSTON FERRY ZONE passes 0.9 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe
Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.82225, -122.54910

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Port of Kingston Kiwanis Park: 3.0 mi
  • Beach Lot: 5.2 mi
  • Lofall Tennis courts: 5.7 mi
  • Edgewater Beach Community Club: 5.7 mi
  • Mavis Olson Community Park: 6.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Old Cabin: 5.3 mi
  • Viewpoint: 5.3 mi
  • Power Pole 1: 5.3 mi
  • Gate 2: 5.3 mi
  • Road T to lot 3?: 5.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
  • Willow Creek Habitat Demonstration Garden: 7.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Kruckeberg Botanic Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Dunn Gardens: 10.8 mi
  • Pacific Northwest Conifer Arboretum: 11.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 56
  • Marina Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Foulweather Bluff Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Dog Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Olympic Beach: 7.6 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 54
Peaks: 42
  • High Point: 13.0 mi
  • Bucklin Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Magnolia Bluff: 13.8 mi
  • Magnolia: 14.0 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 16.0 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: 8.6 mi
  • Eagledale Park: 14.7 mi
  • Camp Kelly: 15.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 17.1 mi
  • Jackson Park Picnic area: 17.2 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Cliffs: 12
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Licton Springs: 12.9 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hawk PeakW 273°1,995 m24.7 mi
Mount TownsendW 278°1,914.1 m23.9 mi
Mount Townsend-North PeakW 279°1,893 m24.1 mi
Welch PeaksW 275°1,862.3 m23.7 mi
Silver Lake PeakW 273°1,837.9 m24.1 mi
Welch PeaksW 274°1,832 m23.9 mi
Hamilton MountainW 269°1,552.3 m22.5 mi
Little River PeakWNW 281°1,501 m23.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1220:2521:13
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5715:2716:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245495559646460524540
Precip in3.92.83.62.72.11.90.81.01.73.35.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Everett Snohomish CO AP, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • western sword fern16 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug16 obs
  • Salmonberry14 obs
  • Large-leaved Avens14 obs
  • Red Huckleberry13 obs
  • red-berried elder12 obs
  • American Bullfrog12 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog11 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1051157366

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