B Reactor Building
B Reactor Building is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 144 m. Lookout Summit stands 1,106 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Haven, a ghost town 2.1 miles away. JCT SR 26 TO JCT SR 17 VIC WARDEN passes 18 miles off. 53 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
The story
decommissioned nuclear reactor at the Hanford Site in Washington, United States
Dates from 1944-09.
Wikidata Q2472490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 18.0 mi off the JCT SR 26 TO JCT SR 17 VIC WARDEN
- 26.0 mi off the JCT SR 395 VIC MESA TO JCT SR 97 VIC BREWSTER
- 27.3 mi off the Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway, National
53 named places within 25 miles
- Gable Butte: 2.5 mi
- Gable Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Gable Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Emerson Nipple: 10.0 mi
- Goose Egg Hill: 10.5 mi
- Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge: 4.1 mi
- Jackson Creek Fish Camp: 10.4 mi
- Wahluke Slope Habitat Management Area: 13.4 mi
- Desert Aire Park: 13.8 mi
- Priest Rapids Recreation Area: 14.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 9.1 mi
- Lower Snivley Spring: 12.4 mi
- Benson Spring: 12.5 mi
- Snively Spring: 12.8 mi
- Doke Spring: 13.1 mi
- Haven: 2.1 mi
- White Bluffs: 8.1 mi
- Hanford: 12.7 mi
- Jericho: 15.7 mi
- Taunton: 18.6 mi
- IEEE Commemoration Plaque: 16.7 mi
- APS Commemoration Plaque: 16.8 mi
- Vernita Safety Rest Area: 4.0 mi
- White Bluffs: 10.4 mi
- NSF LIGO - Exploration Center: 16.9 mi
- Gravity Hill: 18.9 mi
- Horn Rapids County Park: 21.0 mi
- Carbody Beach: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of B Reactor Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Summit | SW 216° | 1,106 m | 15.6 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | S 174° | 1,076 m | 15.6 mi |
| Cairn Hope Peak | W 260° | 1,017 m | 15.9 mi |
| High Top | WSW 244° | 913 m | 23.7 mi |
| Wahatis Peak | NNE 19° | 803 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | NW 322° | 733 m | 16.5 mi |
| Emerson Nipple | W 260° | 675 m | 10.0 mi |
| Sagebrush Ridge | SSW 192° | 508 m | 21.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:09 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:18 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:23 | 16:14 |
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 | 35 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 78 | 69 | 56 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Rapids DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 92000245OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Hanford B Reactor, reference 92000245, listed 04/03/92.
OpenStreetMap element way/113926179
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- Richland · 30 mi
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