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Tom's Learning Garden

Tom's Learning Garden from directly overhead

Tom's Learning Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Newell Pollard, a historic site 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE runs past it.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.71497, -121.46763

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Daubenspeck Park: 0.2 mi
  • Marina Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sailboard Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jewett Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Jewett Sports Complex: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Burdoin Mountain: 1.4 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Panorama Point: 2.5 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Hood River Mountain: 3.4 mi
Springs
  • Sanford Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Bachelor Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Burlingame Spring: 4.3 mi
  • Lelliot Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Mosier Springs: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 57
  • Little Maui Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Labyrinth Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Lower Labyrinth Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Wah Gwin Gwin Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Mosier Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
Artworks: 34
Cliffs: 22
  • Coyote Wall: 3.1 mi
  • Wankers Columns: 3.8 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 4.4 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 4.6 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 13
Attractions: 8
  • The Henderson Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Wet Planet Rafting: 5.7 mi
  • SA Kitesurf Adventures: 8.6 mi
  • Little Huckleberry Trail No 47 Trailhead: 17.4 mi
  • Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 19.2 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Koberg Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Marina Beach: 1.8 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 2.1 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 2.9 mi
  • Rock Creek Beach: 3.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 18.1 mi
  • Ice Cave Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 22.7 mi
  • Hemlock Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges: 19.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Tom's Learning Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceWSW 250°1,504 m13.1 mi
Little Huckleberry MountainNW 316°1,457.2 m16.4 mi
Green Point MountainWSW 247°1,443.8 m15.9 mi
Tomlike MountainWSW 246°1,387 m17.7 mi
Shellrock MountainS 190°1,354.5 m17.6 mi
Guler MountainNNW 344°1,288 m15.4 mi
Monte CristoNNW 339°1,271.3 m14.2 mi
Monte CarloNNW 335°1,224 m11.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1720:1421:00
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4515:3516:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363944505762696962514135
Precip in5.23.53.21.81.30.80.20.20.72.64.85.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hood RVR EXP STN, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California poppy46 obs
  • Arrowleaf Buckwheat30 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue28 obs
  • Cornflower26 obs
  • Broad-leaved Stonecrop25 obs
  • Oregon oak25 obs
  • deerbrush ceanothus23 obs
  • Pacific poison oak20 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/696784749

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