Old School Arch
Old School Arch is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Lyman Hill stands 1,311 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairhaven Arch, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC passes 16 miles off.
A piece of the arch from above the doorway of the old Fairhaven Middle School building that burned down planted into the ground.
How to reach it
- 15.7 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 17.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 19.3 mi off the ANACORTES TO SAN JUAN ISLANDS
- 19.7 mi off the San Juan Islands
Overlooks nearby
- Inspiration Point · 1 mi
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 2 mi
- Burnout knob · 6 mi
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fairhaven Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Fairhaven Village Green: 0.4 mi
- Fairhaven Park: 0.5 mi
- Post Point Dog Park: 0.6 mi
- Marine Park: 0.6 mi
- Sehome Hill: 1.7 mi
- King Mountain: 6.3 mi
- Lookout Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Toad Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Chuckanut Mountain: 7.5 mi
- John Joseph Donovan: 0.3 mi
- Daniel Jefferson Harris: 0.4 mi
- Seabird: 0.6 mi
- The Man Who Used to Hunt Cougars for Bounty: 1.1 mi
- Alphabeta Cube: 1.3 mi
- Lower Padden Trail: 0.4 mi
- 12th & Finnegan: 0.4 mi
- Padden Lagoon: 0.4 mi
- South Bay Trail: 0.5 mi
- Lowell Park Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Fairhaven Arch: 0.0 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.4 mi
- Cornerstone Marker - 10th Street: 0.6 mi
- Fairhaven Whatcom: 1.4 mi
- Avalanche Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Cornwall Beach: 2.0 mi
- Squalicum Beach: 3.4 mi
- Public Access Beach: 5.4 mi
- dogfish beach: 6.4 mi
- Dogfish beach south: 6.5 mi
- Whatcom Maritime Heritage Museum: 0.6 mi
- Spark Museum of Electrical Invention: 2.7 mi
- Whatcom Museum at Old City Hall: 2.8 mi
- Old City Hall: 2.8 mi
- Old Fire Station No. 1: 2.8 mi
- Biology garden plot: 1.5 mi
- York Community Farm: 2.9 mi
- WeGrow Garden: 3.0 mi
- Cornwall Rose Garden: 3.8 mi
- Fragrance Garden: 8.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 7.6 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 12.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Fidalgo Head: 17.9 mi
- Bald Bluff: 18.4 mi
- I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 2.8 mi
- Dan Cramer's Western Town: 14.1 mi
- Samson Estates Winery: 14.4 mi
- Stoney Ridge Farm: 14.4 mi
- Crown Yacht Charters: 14.8 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 1.9 mi
- Whirlpool Falls: 4.2 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Anderson Falls: 11.1 mi
- Hard Scrabble Falls: 12.9 mi
- Park: 11.2 mi
- Goshen: 12.1 mi
- Standard: 13.9 mi
- Whitney: 18.5 mi
- Skagit City: 23.8 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 11.5 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 14.4 mi
- Custer Southbound Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 15.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Old School Arch. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Hill | ESE 118° | 1,311 m | 17.8 mi |
| New York Mountain | E 101° | 1,310 m | 21.3 mi |
| Sumas Mountain | NE 43° | 1,041 m | 18.7 mi |
| Bowman Mountain | E 82° | 1,019 m | 19.8 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill | ENE 68° | 943 m | 11.3 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | ENE 74° | 941 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill Northeast Peak | ENE 67° | 940 m | 11.8 mi |
| Slash | ENE 67° | 935 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:41 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:27 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:22 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 42 | 46 | 51 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 52 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 3.9 | 5.7 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellingham 3 SSW, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9981017477
Day trips start here
- Bellingham · 3 mi
- Lummi Island · 8 mi
- Ferndale · 10 mi
- Edison · 11 mi
- Northwest Washington · 15 mi
- Anacortes · 16 mi
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