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Carnation Condensery Smokestack

Carnation Condensery Smokestack from directly overhead

Carnation Condensery Smokestack is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Sumas Mountain stands 1,041 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hastings Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER passes 7.6 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Reaching into the sky for a hundred foot, this smokestack from the Carnation Milk Plant has been a part of the Ferndale skyline for most part of the hundred years. No longer in use it has been painted with a stylized American flag.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates48.84541, -122.58689

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hastings Park: 0.0 mi
  • Centennial Riverwalk Park: 0.1 mi
  • Ferndale Water Access Site: 0.2 mi
  • VanderYacht Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Peaks: 48
Historic sites: 38
Museums: 20
Beaches: 20
  • Squalicum Beach: 6.5 mi
  • Cornwall Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Public Access Beach: 11.1 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 16.0 mi
  • dogfish beach: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 14
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 10
  • Dan Cramer's Western Town: 8.2 mi
  • Samson Estates Winery: 10.1 mi
  • Stoney Ridge Farm: 10.5 mi
  • I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 12.2 mi
  • School Area: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • Group Picnic Area: 14.1 mi
  • 6: 16.5 mi
  • 5: 16.5 mi
  • 4: 16.5 mi
  • 3: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 16.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Carnation Condensery Smokestack. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sumas MountainENE 74°1,041 m17.2 mi
Bowman MountainESE 105°1,019 m24.2 mi
Bigfoot HillESE 109°943 m15.1 mi
Stewart MountainESE 112°941 m15.7 mi
Bigfoot Hill Northeast PeakESE 107°940 m15.3 mi
SlashESE 110°935 m14.4 mi
Lookout MountainSE 136°816 m14.9 mi
Anderson MountainSE 137°736 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:0820:2821:18
September equinox06:5818:2819:10
December solstice08:0215:2116:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245505660646459514540
Precip in4.52.93.42.82.21.60.91.12.03.85.24.3

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/661609457

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