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Sunrise Community Garden

Sunrise Community Garden from directly overhead

Sunrise Community Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is West Central Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC ELMA TO JCT SR 101 VIC TUMWATER passes 3.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
permit
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.04996, -122.92973

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Central Park: 0.4 mi
  • Woodruff Park: 0.5 mi
  • Garfield Nature Trail: 0.6 mi
  • Yauger Park: 0.8 mi
  • Decatur Woods Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Cognitive Synergy: 1.2 mi
  • Washington State Law Enforcement Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Statue: John Rankin Rogers: 1.5 mi
  • G. Washington: 1.5 mi
  • Capitol Steps: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 44
Museums: 29
Gardens: 29
  • Capitol Sunken Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Yashiro Japanese Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Rain Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Capital Vision Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 23
Nature reserves: 22
Beaches: 10
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • McAllister Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 12.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Kennedy Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Mima Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Porter Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Environmental Study Area: 10.4 mi
  • Picnic Point: 19.7 mi
  • Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Sunrise Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flash MountainWSW 246°909 m10.3 mi
Capitol PeakWSW 242°787 m11.2 mi
Larch MountainWSW 246°774 m10.7 mi
Rock Candy MountainWSW 252°701 m9.0 mi
Fuzzy TopSW 235°462 m13.5 mi
Northcraft MountainSSE 159°429 m16.3 mi
Mount MollySW 229°344 m10.0 mi
Little Larch MountainSW 234°342 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2421:11
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5615:3416:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Speckled Green Fruitworm Moth383 obs
  • Great Blue Heron331 obs
  • Mallard256 obs
  • Bufflehead218 obs
  • Giant Nudibranch194 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant166 obs
  • Hooded Merganser156 obs
  • Western Honey Bee151 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/225737897

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