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Connecting Communities Dedication

Connecting Communities Dedication from directly overhead

Connecting Communities Dedication is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Blue Ridge stands 680 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Monarch Sculpture Park, a park 1.7 miles away. White Pass Scenic Byway passes 25 miles off.

What the record says

Built
2003
Material
stone

How to reach it

Coordinates46.91254, -122.79310

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Monarch Sculpture Park: 1.7 mi
  • Memorial Area: 2.6 mi
  • Tenino City Park: 4.8 mi
  • Horizon Pointe Park: 5.2 mi
  • Holiday Park: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Crawford Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Lemon Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Blumauer Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Northcraft Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Rollover Hill: 6.5 mi
Historic sites: 54
  • Helicopter Crash Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • Chambers Blockhouse Marker: 5.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.2 mi
  • Willamette Meridian Monument: 5.7 mi
  • Fort Eaton Monument: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 38
  • Kids Playing: 7.3 mi
  • Mare and Colt: 7.3 mi
  • Frog Pond Fountain: 7.3 mi
  • Attitude Adjustment: 7.3 mi
  • Mark Twain statue: 7.4 mi
Museums: 32
Gardens: 24
  • Woodland Elementary Garden: 6.5 mi
  • Fairie Perennial & Herb Gardens: 7.6 mi
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 8.4 mi
  • Thruston County Community Food Bank Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Yashiro Japanese Garden: 10.0 mi
Attractions: 24
Nature reserves: 18
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Silver Spring: 2.0 mi
  • McAllister Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 7
Waterfalls: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Environmental Study Area: 12.1 mi
  • Picnic Point: 20.2 mi
  • Pack Forest Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Connecting Communities Dedication. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue RidgeSSE680 m13.1 mi
Miller HillSE550 m9.6 mi
Baumgard HillSE536 m7.4 mi
Bald HillSE516 m9.2 mi
Crawford MountainSSE453 m5.0 mi
Northcraft MountainS429 m5.8 mi
Jonas HillSE353 m10.2 mi
Blumauer HillSSW291 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2321:10
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5515:3416:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9831833138

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