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Welcome to Washington

Welcome to Washington from directly overhead

Welcome to Washington is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Arnada Park, a park 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 0.5 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.63836, -122.66139

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Arnada Park: 0.2 mi
  • Leach Park: 0.2 mi
  • Marshall Park: 0.4 mi
  • Shumway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Washington Elementary School Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Marshall Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Royce E. Pollard Japanese Friendship Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Kenton Neighborhood Rose Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Woodlawn Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Artworks
  • Scend: 0.5 mi
  • Cannon Replica Project: 0.7 mi
  • Spike Flower: 0.8 mi
  • Wheel Series: 0.8 mi
  • The Winged Woman: 0.8 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 50
Waterfalls: 45
Picnic sites: 27
  • Eagle Shelter: 4.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 4.9 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 5.0 mi
  • Pavillion: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Surprise Beach: 1.5 mi
  • North Beach: 2.4 mi
  • Lieser Point: 4.4 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Tina Bar: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Waud Bluff: 5.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.8 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.9 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 2
  • School District Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Welcome to Washington. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainENE 73°1,057 m18.5 mi
Elkhorn MountainENE 63°679 m15.6 mi
Bells MountainNE 44°674 m17.6 mi
Buck MountainWNW 299°649 m20.0 mi
Livingston MountainENE 79°595 m14.5 mi
Spotted Deer MountainENE 56°594 m16.4 mi
Spud MountainENE 76°576 m15.2 mi
Rye HillWNW 292°566 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347525863696964544641
Precip in5.33.83.92.92.51.60.40.51.43.45.56.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver Pearson AP, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • small camas128 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider67 obs
  • California poppy64 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay64 obs
  • Western Honey Bee62 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver57 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow51 obs
  • Western Boxelder Bug49 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/390660803

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