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Osceola

Osceola from directly overhead

Osceola is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 215 m. East Fay Peak stands 1,988 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Farmers Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Chinook Scenic Byway passes 2.0 miles off.

former unincorporated territory

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Coordinates47.19500, -122.03700

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Farmers Park: 1.0 mi
  • Rainier Trails Park: 1.1 mi
  • Flensted Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pinnacle Peak Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
  • Mahler Park: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Buckley Log Show Logger's Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Buckley Log Show: 2.0 mi
  • Stilley-Kirtley Historic Log Structure: 2.1 mi
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Buckley Veteran's Memorial: 2.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Fright Factory Haunted House: 2.6 mi
  • Vforce: 4.5 mi
  • Remote Control Airfield: 5.9 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 6.3 mi
  • Caboose: 6.3 mi
Peaks
  • Pinnacle Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Long Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Baldy Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Baldy Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Stanridge Hill: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves: 59
  • Middle Boise Creek Natural Area: 2.6 mi
  • Stonequarry Creek Natural Area: 4.8 mi
  • Fell Hill Park: 5.2 mi
  • Flaming Geyser Natural Area: 5.8 mi
  • Metzler Park: 6.7 mi
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 28
  • Victor Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Chenuis Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Ranger Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Ipsut Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Alice Falls: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Site #7: 12.4 mi
  • Site #8: 12.4 mi
  • Site #6: 12.5 mi
  • Site #5: 12.5 mi
  • Site #4: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 15
Ghost towns: 13
Lighthouses: 11
Beaches: 10
  • Waterfront: 5.9 mi
  • Sex Cove: 8.4 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 19.5 mi
  • North Beach: 20.0 mi
  • South Beach: 20.0 mi
Springs: 3
  • Maplewood Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 20.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Osceola. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Fay PeakSSE 153°1,988 m20.3 mi
Fay PeakSSE 154°1,981 m20.2 mi
First Mother MountainSSE 153°1,976 m20.0 mi
Second Mother MountainSSE 150°1,943 m19.9 mi
Castle PeakSSE 153°1,838 m19.2 mi
Bearhead MountainSE 139°1,825 m15.8 mi
Tolmie PeakSSE 155°1,790 m18.0 mi
Pitcher MountainSE 142°1,772 m13.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1320:2121:08
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5315:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245495559646459514440
Precip in5.94.75.24.23.52.91.11.22.44.76.85.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckley 1 NE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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