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Issaquah Depot Museum

Issaquah Depot Museum from directly overhead

Issaquah Depot Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Moolock Mountain stands 1,514 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is World War 2 Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 0.4 miles off.

The story

railway station in Issaquah, the United States of America

Wikidata Q6088103, matched on coordinates and name (32 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1889

What to expect

Operated by
Issaquah History Museums
Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.53110, -122.03543

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • World War 2 Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Bullitt Fireplace: 2.0 mi
  • Green House: 2.2 mi
  • Hans Jensen: 2.4 mi
  • Nike Site S-20: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Veterans Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cornick Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gibson Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ingi Johnson Park: 0.5 mi
  • Westridge South Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Issaquah Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Westridge Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • High Street Linear Park Botanical Garden: 1.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Pickering Place: 1.5 mi
  • Old Bus: 1.5 mi
  • Fantastic Erratic: 2.1 mi
  • Future Exhibit: 2.5 mi
  • Wallabies: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Issaquah Creek Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 3.7 mi
  • Jones Reach Natural Area: 5.0 mi
  • Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Ricardi Reach Natural Area: 5.7 mi
Peaks
  • Squak Mountain Central Peak: 1.9 mi
  • Squak Mountain West Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Squak Mountain Southeast Peak: 2.4 mi
  • West Tiger #3: 2.5 mi
  • Poo Poo Point: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 50
Picnic sites: 37
Waterfalls: 30
  • Doughty Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 4.0 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 4.4 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 4.5 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 11
Springs: 3
  • Canyon Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 18.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Issaquah Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moolock MountainE 86°1,514 m18.4 mi
Mount TeneriffeE 95°1,459 m15.9 mi
Green MountainE 93°1,431 m16.9 mi
Bootalicious PeakE 88°1,411 m17.8 mi
Dixie PeakE 92°1,404 m15.0 mi
Blowdown MountainE 95°1,400 m14.5 mi
Mount WashingtonESE 115°1,346 m17.3 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 93°1,326 m14.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1120:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5415:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676862544642
Precip in4.93.23.72.81.91.50.60.91.53.55.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Renton Muni AP, 9 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

National Register of Historic Places, reference 90001461OpenStreetMapOfficial site
  • National Register of Historic Places — Issaquah Depot, reference 90001461, listed 09/13/90.

OpenStreetMap element way/218371878

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