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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

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.30373, -122.51895

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • 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
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
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
Nature reserves
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
Beaches: 49
Picnic sites: 35
  • 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
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
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 HillE 89°167 m5.0 mi
Black HillSSW 201°153 m17.1 mi
Goodman HillSSW 200°145 m17.2 mi
Kelly HillSSW 193°140 m17.3 mi
Bare HillSSW 201°136 m16.8 mi
Eastman HillS 179°132 m17.3 mi
Swift HillSSW 192°130 m17.3 mi
Beal HillSSW 198°128 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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