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Woodland Elementary Garden

Woodland Elementary Garden from directly overhead

Woodland Elementary Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Hammersmith Hill stands 157 m to the east-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wedgewood Community Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 6.1 miles off.

Provided in 2023 by a local Eagle Scout from Troop 222

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Getting there

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Coordinates47.00663, -122.77887

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wedgewood Community Park: 0.3 mi
  • Arbors Park: 0.3 mi
  • Passageway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Southlake Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hearing Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Willamette Meridian Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Fort Eaton Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Chambers Blockhouse Marker: 2.5 mi
  • Medicene Creek Treaty Monument: 4.7 mi
  • (Unknown): 5.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Cosgrave Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Rumble Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Bartlett Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Fitch Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Toland Hill: 6.0 mi
Attractions: 52
Museums: 43
Gardens: 40
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 2.8 mi
  • Thruston County Community Food Bank Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Closed Loop Park: 4.2 mi
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 5.5 mi
  • Capital Vision Community Garden: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 27
  • Lake Lois Habitat Reserve: 2.5 mi
  • Black Lake Meadows: 7.9 mi
  • Tolmie State Park: 8.0 mi
  • Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 8.9 mi
  • Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 12
Cliffs: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Environmental Study Area: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Point: 15.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • McAllister Springs: 3.0 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Woodland Elementary Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Hammersmith HillESE 123°157 m10.4 mi
Black HillNE 52°153 m7.5 mi
Goodman HillNE 55°145 m7.7 mi
Severe HillSE 134°145 m8.2 mi
Toland HillENE 65°143 m6.0 mi
Starr HillENE 63°141 m6.5 mi
Rollover HillSE 133°141 m7.8 mi
Kelly HillENE 66°140 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2321:11
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice07:5515:3316:25

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, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dark-eyed Junco23 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird18 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog18 obs
  • Mule Deer17 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle17 obs
  • Landscaping Black Morel17 obs
  • Giant House Spider17 obs
  • Oregon grape16 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/1279195617

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