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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. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003
Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.91254, -122.79310

Overlooks nearby

Around it

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: 56
  • 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: 40
  • 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: 19
Beaches: 8
  • The Arbors Private Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Countryside Beach: 15.8 mi
  • South Beach: 21.5 mi
  • South Beach: 21.6 mi
  • North Beach: 21.6 mi
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
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
On the horizon

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 RidgeSSE 147°680 m13.1 mi
Miller HillSE 141°550 m9.6 mi
Baumgard HillSE 137°536 m7.4 mi
Bald HillSE 140°516 m9.2 mi
Crawford MountainSSE 164°453 m5.0 mi
Northcraft MountainS 187°429 m5.8 mi
Jonas HillSE 124°353 m10.2 mi
Blumauer HillSSW 200°291 m5.6 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9831833138

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