Historic site · Washington
Big Rock
Big Rock is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Miller Hill stands 550 m to the south, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Rollover Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- A large boulder
How to reach it
Coordinates46.93003, -122.66169
- 26.8 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
- 27.4 mi off the White Pass Scenic Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dam Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Rollover Hill: 0.2 mi
- Severe Hill: 0.5 mi
- Serious Hill: 0.6 mi
- Backside Up: 0.9 mi
- Hammersmith Hill: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Honey Bunny: 1.3 mi
- The tire pile: 2.0 mi
- Yelm Cross: 2.2 mi
- Historic Yelm Canyon Tribute: 3.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
Parks
- YHS Prairie: 2.1 mi
- Gehrke Park: 2.3 mi
- Cochrane Memorial Park: 2.5 mi
- Mountain View Meadows Community Park: 2.5 mi
- Yelm City Park: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 59
- Pioneer Wheel: 2.7 mi
- The Hawk: 10.4 mi
- Philosopher: 10.8 mi
- A Story Place: 11.0 mi
- Olympic Carvings: 11.2 mi
Museums: 41
- Norm Dicks Visitor Center: 10.2 mi
- Lacey Replica Depot: 10.2 mi
- Lacey Museum: 10.2 mi
- Tenino Depot Museum: 10.5 mi
- Children’s Museum at JBLM: 11.4 mi
Attractions: 37
- Food Court Stage: 8.5 mi
- Andrews Arena: 8.6 mi
- Carnival Grounds: 8.6 mi
- Vehicle Park: 11.8 mi
- Ocean City Ferry: 14.2 mi
Gardens: 34
- Woodland Elementary Garden: 7.7 mi
- Panorama Resident Gardens: 10.5 mi
- Thruston County Community Food Bank Garden: 10.5 mi
- Closed Loop Park: 10.6 mi
- Fairie Perennial & Herb Gardens: 12.1 mi
Nature reserves: 22
- Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Lake Lois Habitat Reserve: 10.0 mi
- Tolmie State Park: 14.3 mi
- Black Lake Meadows: 14.9 mi
- Violet Prairie-Scatter Creek Preserve: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Nisqually Falls: 3.6 mi
- Bloody Falls: 10.2 mi
- Deschutes Falls: 14.6 mi
- Little Mashel Lower Falls: 19.2 mi
- Little Mashel Middle Falls: 19.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Stewart Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Seven-infantry Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Thirty-eight Infantry Bluff: 6.1 mi
- Tenth Field Artillery Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Eighteenth Infantry Bluff: 7.7 mi
Beaches: 9
- The Arbors Private Beach: 7.9 mi
- South Beach: 16.3 mi
- North Beach: 16.4 mi
- Countryside Beach: 18.5 mi
- Joemma Beach: 21.6 mi
Springs: 8
- Crystal Spring: 3.5 mi
- Silver Spring: 5.0 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 6.6 mi
- McAllister Springs: 7.4 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 16.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Environmental Study Area: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Point: 16.1 mi
- Pack Forest Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
- Main Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
- Kiwanis Picnic Area: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Maytown Rest Area: 15.1 mi
- Scatter Creek Rest Area: 16.6 mi
- Elbe Rest Area: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Big Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miller Hill | S 181° | 550 m | 8.7 mi |
| Baumgard Hill | S 190° | 536 m | 6.7 mi |
| Bald Hill | S 182° | 516 m | 8.3 mi |
| Crawford Mountain | SW 219° | 453 m | 7.7 mi |
| Northcraft Mountain | SW 225° | 429 m | 9.8 mi |
| Jonas Hill | SSE 162° | 353 m | 7.3 mi |
| Hammersmith Hill | E 96° | 157 m | 3.2 mi |
| Black Hill | N 3° | 153 m | 9.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:22 | 21:10 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 15:33 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12856558584
Day trips start here
- Lacey · 10 mi
- Olympia · 13 mi
- Tumwater · 13 mi
- Anderson Island · 16 mi
- Steilacoom · 17 mi
- Eatonville · 19 mi
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