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Melmont

Melmont from directly overhead

Melmont is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 431 m. Observation Rock stands 2,508 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Gleason Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 0.4 miles off.

Ghost town in Pierce County, Washington, USA

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Coordinates47.03080, -122.03300

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Gleason Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Wingate Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Brooks Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Spar Pole Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Sweet Peak: 6.6 mi
Parks
  • 8th Avenue Park: 3.5 mi
  • Coke Oven Handcar Park: 4.9 mi
  • H. R. E. Nelson Park: 5.3 mi
  • Wilkeson Skate Park: 5.4 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 5.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Wilkeson Coke Ovens: 4.9 mi
  • Kyle Bruhn Memorial Park: 5.0 mi
  • Wilkeson Sandstone Quarry Monument: 5.1 mi
  • Old Well: 5.3 mi
  • Old Mineshaft: 5.5 mi
Artworks
  • The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier: 5.2 mi
  • Bacon and Eggs: 5.4 mi
  • The Story Pole: 9.5 mi
  • Graffiti Walls: 9.6 mi
  • BLHS Rock: 11.0 mi
Waterfalls
Attractions: 47
  • Caboose: 5.0 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 5.1 mi
  • Vforce: 7.6 mi
  • Fright Factory Haunted House: 9.4 mi
  • Jumping Juniors: 14.7 mi
Gardens: 40
Nature reserves: 34
Museums: 27
Cliffs: 23
Picnic sites: 23
  • High Point Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
  • Group Picnic Site 13: 18.4 mi
  • Upper Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Group Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
  • Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Beaches: 4
  • Waterfront: 5.6 mi
  • Sex Cove: 16.4 mi
  • South Beach: 20.2 mi
  • North Beach: 20.4 mi
Springs: 3
  • Maplewood Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Iron Mike Springs: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Melmont. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observation RockSE 130°2,508 m13.9 mi
Echo RockSE 128°2,394 m13.9 mi
Needle RockSE 134°2,267 m14.5 mi
Sluiskin Mountain, EastESE 113°2,142 m15.1 mi
Sluiskin MountainESE 113°2,095 m14.8 mi
Old DesolateESE 119°2,071 m15.2 mi
Crescent MountainESE 114°2,041 m14.0 mi
Tillicum PointSE 132°2,034 m13.0 mi
Conditions

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 50–80 °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, 9 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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