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Madrone Post Office

Madrone Post Office from directly overhead

Madrone Post Office is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Mount Crag stands 1,315 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Cave Family Heritage Park, a park 0.1 miles away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND runs past it. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
The first post office on Eagle Harbor's north shore was established on this spot August 11, 1890 as "Madrone". Commemorative plaque presented by U.S. Postal Service, August 11, 1990
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates47.62476, -122.51022

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cave Family Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
  • Waypoint Park: 0.2 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
  • Winslow Green: 0.5 mi
  • Madison Tot Lot: 0.6 mi
Museums
Beaches
Attractions: 60
Historic sites: 59
Gardens: 59
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 0.5 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Poetry Garden: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 57
Nature reserves
Peaks: 35
  • High Point: 1.9 mi
  • Magnolia Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Magnolia: 5.7 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Bucklin Hill: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Eagledale Park: 1.2 mi
  • Camp Kelly: 2.2 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 8.2 mi
  • Jackson Park Picnic area: 8.5 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 8
  • Dickerson Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Waterwall: 15.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 18.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 19.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Licton Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CragWNW1,315 m24.6 mi
Buck MountainWNW1,149 m22.1 mi
Mount TurnerWNW1,025 m20.7 mi
Webb MountainW845 m23.9 mi
Mount WalkerWNW844 m21.4 mi
Green HillWNW725 m19.9 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakESE618 m23.1 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakESE608 m22.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1320:2421:12
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5615:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414246505661666662534540
Precip in9.35.86.43.92.41.60.81.11.85.18.89.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11793990771

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