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Papa Bear

Papa Bear from directly overhead

Papa Bear is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. McClellan Butte stands 1,557 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Summit Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Chinook Scenic Byway passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.35794, -122.02256

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Summit Park: 0.1 mi
  • Overlook at Summit Park Neighborhood Park: 0.1 mi
  • Overlook at Summit Park Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Overlook at Summit Park Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Barclay Woods Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
Gardens
  • Glacier Park Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Elk Run Farm: 0.9 mi
  • Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Legacy Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Perennial Border: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Elk Run Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • BN Peninsula Natural Area: 1.8 mi
  • Shire Hills Drainage: 2.6 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 2.7 mi
  • Tall Timbers Greenspace: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Lake Wilderness Lodge: 1.6 mi
  • Petroglyph: 2.7 mi
  • Hobart Yellow Submarine: 3.6 mi
  • Franklin Ghost Town: 5.1 mi
  • Remote Control Airfield: 5.4 mi
Museums
  • Fire Engine Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Gibbon Store - Maple Valley Historical Society Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Black Diamond Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Greater Kent Historical Society: 9.6 mi
  • White River Valley Museum: 10.0 mi
Peaks
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Walsh: 5.6 mi
  • Taylor: 6.7 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Site #6: 1.4 mi
  • Site #7: 1.4 mi
  • Site #5: 1.4 mi
  • Site #8: 1.4 mi
  • Site #4: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 32
Waterfalls: 19
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 8.8 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 2
  • Canyon Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Papa Bear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McClellan ButteE 80°1,557 m19.0 mi
Mount KentE 83°1,551 m19.1 mi
Dirtybox PeakENE 69°1,501 m19.5 mi
Mailbox PeakENE 68°1,476 m19.3 mi
Mount TeneriffeNE 56°1,459 m18.5 mi
Dixie PeakNE 52°1,404 m18.3 mi
Blowdown MountainNE 52°1,400 m17.6 mi
Greenway MountainENE 78°1,356 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1220:2121:09
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5315:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559646459504338
Precip in8.05.46.25.53.93.11.31.62.85.88.57.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Landsburg, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6237151172

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