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Shade Garden

Shade Garden from directly overhead

Shade Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Jump Off Joe stands 670 m to the south-southeast, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Childrens Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 395 VIC TRI CITIES TO THE OREGON BORDER VIC PLYMOUTH passes 2.0 miles off. 28 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates46.19384, -119.18250
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Highlands Grange Park: 0.0 mi
  • Cherry Blossom Meadows Park: 0.4 mi
  • Southridge Sports Complex: 0.9 mi
  • Volunteer Park: 1.0 mi
  • Penn Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 28
  • Thompson Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Perry Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Little Badger Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Johnson Butte: 6.7 mi
  • Jump Off Joe: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Gardens: 22
Historic sites: 18
  • Veteran's Memorial: 2.5 mi
  • Gene L. Spaulding: 3.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • The Green Bridge Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr.: 5.0 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: 8.8 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 Shade Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Jump Off JoeSSE 158°670 m6.7 mi
Chandler ButteWNW 282°622 m18.6 mi
Johnson ButteS 184°620 m6.7 mi
GibbonW 273°565 m24.1 mi
Dead Dog LaunchWNW 282°556 m16.0 mi
Badger MountainWNW 293°481.3 m7.1 mi
RomeW 266°479 m10.0 mi
Candy MountainWNW 297°424 m9.9 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
  • Chukar72 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch60 obs
  • House Finch35 obs
  • American Goldfinch29 obs
  • Say's Phoebe26 obs
  • Mourning Dove20 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider20 obs
  • Field Skipper18 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/897285891

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