Samish Island Acres Community Garden
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Samish Island Acres Community Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Lyman Hill stands 1,311 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Samish Island Park, a park 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM passes 3.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Samish Island Acres and Community of Christ church
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM
- 3.7 mi off the JCT BLANCHARD RD OVERCROSSING TO VIC LARABEE STATE PARK
- 8.0 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
- 6.9 mi off the JCT STARBIRD RD TO JCT BOW HILL RD-- SCENIC AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR
Overlooks nearby
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 4 mi
- Samish Overlook · 4 mi
- Burnout knob · 5 mi
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Samish Island Park: 0.7 mi
- Samish Island Beach Access: 2.0 mi
- Smith & Vallee Sculpture Park: 2.6 mi
- Guemes Island School House Park: 6.0 mi
- Cap Sante Park: 6.3 mi
- Samish Island - Goldston Conservation Easement: 2.5 mi
- Blanchard State Forest: 5.1 mi
- Vendovi Island Preserve: 5.6 mi
- Bay View - Miceli Conservation Easement: 6.5 mi
- Dog Woods: 7.1 mi
- Guemes Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Chuckanut Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Humphrey Hill: 8.3 mi
- Olivine Hill: 8.9 mi
- Little Round Top: 9.1 mi
- Driftwood Giraffes: 6.5 mi
- Public Art: 7.7 mi
- Sprouted Bumbershoot: 9.7 mi
- Pony Express: 10.0 mi
- John Joseph Donovan: 10.0 mi
- Altair - Americus Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Lady of the Sea: 6.6 mi
- Anne Curtis Sculpture: 6.7 mi
- Seafarers Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Keith Shugarts Playground: 6.8 mi
- Samish Beach: 0.9 mi
- Dogfish beach south: 3.8 mi
- dogfish beach: 3.9 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 5.7 mi
- Sunset Beach: 5.9 mi
- W.T. Preston Museum: 6.5 mi
- Anacortes Museum: 6.8 mi
- Heritage Flight Museum: 8.4 mi
- Whatcom Maritime Heritage Museum: 10.2 mi
- Children's Museum of Skagit County: 11.0 mi
- Biology garden plot: 11.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 11.2 mi
- Roozen Gaarde: 11.9 mi
- York Community Farm: 12.1 mi
- WeGrow Garden: 12.4 mi
- Jolly Mon Charters: 6.7 mi
- Crown Yacht Charters: 6.7 mi
- Anacortes Yacht Charters: 7.0 mi
- I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 8.5 mi
- Tulip Town: 10.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Devils Slide: 9.9 mi
- Main Wall East: 10.4 mi
- Snag Buttress: 10.4 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 10.4 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 8.6 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
- Whirlpool Falls: 12.6 mi
- Hidden Falls: 15.7 mi
- Cavern Falls: 15.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
- 6: 13.7 mi
- 5: 13.7 mi
- Whitney: 8.9 mi
- Park: 12.6 mi
- Skagit City: 14.6 mi
- Standard: 17.9 mi
- Ehrlich: 19.5 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 6.9 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 7.1 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.8 mi
- Smith Island Keepers House: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Samish Island Acres Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Hill | E 85° | 1,311 m | 15.6 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill | NE 36° | 943 m | 17.2 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | NE 39° | 941 m | 16.5 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill Northeast Peak | NE 37° | 940 m | 17.8 mi |
| Slash | NE 35° | 935 m | 16.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 39° | 816 m | 10.1 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | ENE 75° | 736 m | 10.9 mi |
| Mount Constitution | WNW 295° | 732 m | 16.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:41 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:27 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 08:00 | 15:23 | 16:17 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anacortes, 7 mi away.
- Bald Eagle29 obs
- Great Blue Heron12 obs
- Short-eared Owl10 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk9 obs
- American Kestrel8 obs
- Snow Goose8 obs
- Northern Harrier8 obs
- Japanese False Cerith7 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/1178731588
Day trips start here
- Edison · 3 mi
- Anacortes · 8 mi
- Burlington · 11 mi
- Lummi Island · 11 mi
- Bellingham · 13 mi
- Deception Pass State Park · 13 mi
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