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Curt Mathisen Family Picnic Area

Curt Mathisen Family Picnic Area from directly overhead

Curt Mathisen Family Picnic Area is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 205 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bob Overbaugh, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Curt Mathisen Family Picnic Area Member 1981-2013 - Over 31 Years In the end, it's not the years in your life that count: it's the life in your years WHITE SALMON • BINGEN ROTARY CLUB EST 1939
Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.72899, -121.48724

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Rheingarten Park: 0.0 mi
  • The Little City Park: 0.1 mi
  • Pioneer Cemetery: 0.3 mi
  • Firemen's Park: 0.3 mi
  • White Salmon Treaty Fishing Access Site: 0.5 mi
Peaks
  • Strawberry Mountain: 0.3 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Burdoin Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Panorama Point: 2.9 mi
  • Green Mountain: 3.3 mi
Springs
  • Sanford Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Bachelor Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Burlingame Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Lelliot Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Mosier Springs: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Wah Gwin Gwin Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Little Maui Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Husum Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Labyrinth Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Lower Labyrinth Falls: 5.2 mi
Artworks: 34
Cliffs: 21
  • Coyote Wall: 4.2 mi
  • Wankers Columns: 4.9 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 5.5 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 5.7 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 12
Gardens: 8
Attractions: 8
  • The Henderson Monument: 1.6 mi
  • Wet Planet Rafting: 4.7 mi
  • SA Kitesurf Adventures: 9.7 mi
  • Little Huckleberry Trail No 47 Trailhead: 16.1 mi
  • Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Marina Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 1.8 mi
  • Rock Creek Beach: 4.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ice Cave Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 19.3 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
  • Hemlock Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges: 18.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Curt Mathisen Family Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceWSW 244°1,504 m12.6 mi
Little Huckleberry MountainNW 316°1,457.2 m15.0 mi
Green Point MountainWSW 242°1,443.8 m15.5 mi
Guler MountainNNW 346°1,288 m14.2 mi
Big Huckleberry MountainWNW 300°1,283 m16.5 mi
Monte CristoNNW 341°1,271.3 m12.9 mi
Monte CarloNNW 338°1,224 m10.7 mi
Mann ButteNNW 333°1,211.9 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1720:1421:00
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4515:3516:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363944505762696962514135
Precip in5.23.53.21.81.30.80.20.20.72.64.85.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hood RVR EXP STN, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6860923916

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