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Connell's Priaire Battle Historical Marker

Connell's Priaire Battle Historical Marker from directly overhead

Connell's Priaire Battle Historical Marker is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 173 m. Bearhead Mountain stands 1,825 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Church Lake Park, a park 1.6 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 4.7 miles off.

Stone and concrete pyramid near the site of the 1855 Battlefield.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
This memorial was erected by the Washington State Historical Society A.D. 1924 In this vicinity seven white men on way form Camp Naches to Fort Steilacoom were ambushed by Indians October 31, 1855. 2 of the number Colonel Miles & Moses were killed. Near
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Coordinates47.18844, -122.12747

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Church Lake Park: 1.6 mi
  • Cedarview Park: 1.7 mi
  • Swiss Sportsman Club Park: 2.0 mi
  • Midtown Park: 2.1 mi
  • Lake Jane Estates Upper Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • In Memory of Ron Scott: 1.8 mi
  • To Honor And Remember The Lives Lost In Lake Tapps: 1.8 mi
  • Jack Kobelin Skate Park: 1.8 mi
  • South Prairie Veteran's Memorial: 3.7 mi
  • Victor Falls Historic Site: 3.8 mi
Artworks
  • Abundance of Light: 1.8 mi
  • BLHS Rock: 2.8 mi
  • The Ascent: 3.2 mi
  • Canoe: 3.4 mi
  • The Story Pole: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • Vforce: 4.2 mi
  • Jumping Juniors: 4.4 mi
  • Fright Factory Haunted House: 6.2 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 7.0 mi
  • Caboose: 7.0 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pinnacle Peak: 7.3 mi
  • Long Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Baldy Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Baldy Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Stanridge Hill: 8.4 mi
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 12.4 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 12.4 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 12.4 mi
  • Site #8: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Victor Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Chenuis Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Ranger Falls: 19.1 mi
  • Ipsut Falls: 20.5 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Sex Cove: 5.0 mi
  • Waterfront: 7.6 mi
  • North Beach: 15.8 mi
  • South Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 5
  • Maplewood Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 20.8 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Connell's Priaire Battle Historical Marker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bearhead MountainSE 128°1,825 m18.6 mi
Tolmie PeakSE 143°1,790 m19.8 mi
Pitcher MountainSE 129°1,772 m16.5 mi
Old Baldy MountainSE 137°1,761 m16.3 mi
Howard PeakSE 144°1,727 m19.4 mi
Little Old BaldySE 136°1,683 m16.4 mi
Arthur PeakSE 141°1,661 m19.3 mi
Florence PeakSE 145°1,650 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1320:2121:09
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5315:3016:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245495559646459514440
Precip in5.94.75.24.23.52.91.11.22.44.76.85.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckley 1 NE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10078360386

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