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Fairfax

Fairfax from directly overhead

Fairfax is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 409 m. Observation Rock stands 2,508 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Melmont, a ghost town 1.6 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 0.8 miles off.

ghost town in Washington, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates47.01140, -122.01500

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 8th Avenue Park: 5.1 mi
  • Coke Oven Handcar Park: 6.4 mi
  • H. R. E. Nelson Park: 6.7 mi
  • Wilkeson Skate Park: 6.9 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 7.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Wilkeson Coke Ovens: 6.4 mi
  • Kyle Bruhn Memorial Park: 6.4 mi
  • Wilkeson Sandstone Quarry Monument: 6.5 mi
  • Old Well: 6.6 mi
  • Old Mineshaft: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls
Artworks: 54
Attractions: 41
  • Caboose: 6.5 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 6.6 mi
  • Vforce: 9.2 mi
  • Fright Factory Haunted House: 10.7 mi
  • Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 14.9 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Gardens: 26
Cliffs: 23
Museums: 16
  • Foothills Historical Society: 10.6 mi
  • Enumclaw Plateau Historical Society Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Stage Stop Museum: 15.7 mi
  • Fair Museum: 17.6 mi
  • Pioneer Farm Museum: 17.8 mi
Picnic sites: 14
  • High Point Day Use Area: 16.9 mi
  • Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
  • Jenny's Junction Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
  • Valley View Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
  • Woodpecker Point Day Use Area: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Waterfront: 6.8 mi
  • Sex Cove: 18.0 mi
  • South Beach: 21.5 mi
  • North Beach: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Maplewood Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Iron Mike Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Fairfax. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observation RockSE 128°2,508 m12.4 mi
Echo RockSE 125°2,394 m12.4 mi
Needle RockSE 133°2,267 m13.0 mi
Sluiskin Mountain, EastESE 109°2,142 m13.8 mi
Sluiskin MountainESE 109°2,095 m13.6 mi
Old DesolateESE 115°2,071 m13.8 mi
Crescent MountainESE 110°2,041 m12.7 mi
Tillicum PointSE 130°2,034 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1420:2021:08
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5215:3016:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394043475358636459514339
Precip in7.05.26.65.65.03.91.51.63.46.08.06.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MUD MTN DAM, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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