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Bear Grotto

Bear Grotto from directly overhead

Bear Grotto is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the east, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Iris Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 0.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
concrete
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.30373, -122.51895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens: 60
  • Iris Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Nature Play Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Dahlia Trial Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Point Defiance Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Northwest Native Plant Garden: 0.1 mi
Artworks
  • The Family: 0.1 mi
  • Ivan: 0.2 mi
  • Little Makers: 0.4 mi
  • William Ross: 0.5 mi
  • Gala: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • Dune Peninsula At Point Defiance Park: 0.5 mi
  • Baltimore Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ruston Way: 1.3 mi
  • Jane Clark Park: 1.4 mi
  • Vassault Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Kinbee Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Indian Point: 4.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Ford Hill: 5.6 mi
Attractions
  • Siamang: 0.0 mi
  • Lowland Anoa: 0.0 mi
  • Asian Small-Clawed Otters: 0.1 mi
  • Sumatran Tigers & Waterfall Panorama: 0.1 mi
  • Clouded Leopard Cub Den: 0.1 mi
Historic sites: 58
Nature reserves
Beaches: 46
  • Owen Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 5.3 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
  • Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 8
Springs: 7
  • Ellison Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 8.9 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 13.0 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Victor Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Dickerson Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 23.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Bear Grotto. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillE167 m5.0 mi
Black HillSSW153 m17.1 mi
Goodman HillSSW145 m17.2 mi
Kelly HillSSW140 m17.3 mi
Bare HillSSW136 m16.8 mi
Eastman HillS132 m17.3 mi
Swift HillSSW130 m17.3 mi
Beal HillSSW128 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1420:2321:11
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5515:3016:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346495660656561524541
Precip in6.14.14.63.42.11.40.70.91.54.37.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1448331929

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