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Carpenter Museum

Carpenter Museum from directly overhead

Carpenter Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 590 m. Earl Peak stands 2,145 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flagpole Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
High Country Artists

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.19743, -120.94165

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 45
  • Flagpole Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cle Elum City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Coal Mines Trail Park: 0.8 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites: 19
Artworks: 9
Museums: 7
  • Telephone Museum: 0.4 mi
  • South Cle Elum Rail Yard Interpretive Center: 1.2 mi
  • Roslyn Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Museum of Culture and Environment: 23.1 mi
  • Clymer Art Museum: 23.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • Lanigan Spring: 2.5 mi
  • Cougar Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Lion Rock Springs: 17.3 mi
  • Lion Rock Springs: 17.3 mi
  • Culver Springs: 19.4 mi
Gardens: 7
Waterfalls: 6
Attractions: 4
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Speelyi Beach: 7.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Carpenter Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Earl PeakNNE 17°2,144.6 m15.4 mi
Bills PeakN 8°2,108 m16.1 mi
Teanaway PeakN 6°2,066 m15.8 mi
Bean PeakNNE 14°2,055.3 m15.9 mi
Mary's PeakNNE 12°2,037 m15.4 mi
Judi's PeakNNE 13°2,000 m15.2 mi
Iron PeakN 7°1,984.2 m15.2 mi
Jolly MountainNNW 344°1,964 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3619:17
June solstice05:0920:1621:04
September equinox06:5118:2319:03
December solstice07:4815:2516:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293238455359676658463528
Precip in3.42.52.71.41.61.10.50.50.92.44.13.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — CLE Elum, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2287622854

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