Meerkerk Gardens
Meerkerk Gardens is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Green Mountain stands 1,340 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens, a garden 0.1 miles away. CLINTON FERRY ZONE VIC WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 20 VIC KEYSTON FERRY ZONE passes 0.4 miles off. 25 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the CLINTON FERRY ZONE VIC WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 20 VIC KEYSTON FERRY ZONE
- 0.4 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 6.2 mi off the JCT SR 19 VIC PORT HADLOCK TO VIC FORT FLAGLER STATE PARK
- 6.6 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
Overlooks nearby
- Ralph E. White Memorial Obsercation Deck · 20 mi
- Agate Street Road End · 25 mi
- Sanwick Place Road End · 25 mi
- Mt. Walker Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Greenbank Farm: 2.4 mi
- Bush Point: 3.8 mi
- Freeland Park: 4.7 mi
- Goss Lake: 4.8 mi
- Saratoga Woods: 5.1 mi
- Dolmen: 5.4 mi
- Labyrinth: 5.5 mi
- Cottonwood Stone Circle: 5.6 mi
- The Brush Cutter: 7.6 mi
- Wishing Whale: 7.6 mi
- Battery Grattan: 6.2 mi
- Battery Lee: 6.2 mi
- Battery Wilhelm: 6.3 mi
- Battery Revere: 6.4 mi
- Battery Downes: 6.6 mi
- Smuggler's Cove: 2.3 mi
- South Whidbey State Park: 2.3 mi
- Trillium Community Forest: 2.8 mi
- Camano Island State Park: 4.3 mi
- Fort Flagler State Park: 6.5 mi
- Fort Flagler Museum: 6.2 mi
- Whidbey Island Historical Museum: 7.6 mi
- South Whidbey Historical Museum: 7.6 mi
- Langley Whale Center: 7.6 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 9.2 mi
- Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: 0.1 mi
- Educational Gardens: 1.8 mi
- Rob Shouten Gallery Sculpture Garden: 7.6 mi
- Rhododendron Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Master Gardener Park: 10.4 mi
- Jorgenson Hill: 8.1 mi
- Morgan Hill: 9.8 mi
- Scenic Heights: 13.1 mi
- Big Skidder Hill: 19.0 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 19.6 mi
- Double Bluff Beach: 7.3 mi
- Double Bluff County Park: 7.6 mi
- Portage Beach: 8.5 mi
- North Beach: 11.0 mi
- Tulalip Shores: 11.1 mi
- Ancient Cedar: 2.0 mi
- Memory's Vault: 10.2 mi
- Alexander Blockhouse: 11.3 mi
- Giant Arborvitae: 18.2 mi
- Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm: 18.5 mi
- Pratts Bluff: 2.5 mi
- North Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Double Bluff: 7.5 mi
- Top of bluff: 8.2 mi
- Foulweather Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Admiralty Head Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- Point Wilson Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Point No Point Lighthouse: 11.8 mi
- Office: 11.8 mi
- Oil House: 11.8 mi
- McGees: 14.0 mi
- Skagit City: 22.8 mi
- Ehrlich: 24.2 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 18.0 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 20.3 mi
- Lion's Centennial Pavilion: 18.7 mi
- Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: 23.3 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
- Ludlow Falls: 13.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Meerkerk Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | SW 231° | 1,340 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mount Zion | WSW 242° | 1,299 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bear Mountain | WSW 251° | 1,049 m | 24.7 mi |
| Big Skidder Hill | WSW 242° | 646 m | 19.0 mi |
| Lookout Hill | WSW 256° | 574 m | 22.4 mi |
| Devils Mountain | NE 34° | 520 m | 23.8 mi |
| Scott Mountain | NNE 33° | 496 m | 23.6 mi |
| Little Skidder Hill | WSW 237° | 371 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:26 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:58 | 15:26 | 16:20 |
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 | 42 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 55 | 59 | 63 | 63 | 60 | 52 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Townsend, 9 mi away.
- Pacific Banana Slug42 obs
- Giant Pink Sea Star42 obs
- western sword fern16 obs
- Red Huckleberry15 obs
- western skunk cabbage14 obs
- Douglas's Squirrel13 obs
- Great Horned Owl11 obs
- Mule Deer11 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/2871224413
Day trips start here
- Greenbank · 1 mi
- Whidbey Island · 4 mi
- Freeland · 5 mi
- Camano Island · 7 mi
- Langley · 8 mi
- North Sound · 8 mi
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