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Langley Whale Center

Langley Whale Center from directly overhead

Langley Whale Center is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Blue Mountain stands 923 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Rob Shouten Gallery Sculpture Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Cascade Loop passes 2.7 miles off. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

city on Whidbey Island in Island County, Washington, United States

Dates from 1913.

Wikidata Q1011590, matched on coordinates and name (407 m apart).

What to expect

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Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates48.04050, -122.40965

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Whidbey Telephone: 0.0 mi
  • Veterans' Memorial Flagpole: 0.5 mi
  • Point Elliott Treaty Monument: 8.2 mi
  • Parks Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • The Everett Massacre: 9.9 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Langley Park: 0.0 mi
  • Thomas Hladky Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Seawall Park: 0.1 mi
  • Boy and Dog Park: 0.1 mi
  • Brookhaven Creek Park: 0.1 mi
Nature reserves: 55
Attractions: 55
Gardens: 51
Museums: 38
Peaks: 20
Beaches: 17
Cliffs: 12
Lighthouses: 10
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Waterfalls: 1
  • Ludlow Falls: 16.2 mi
Springs: 1
  • Licton Springs: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Langley Whale Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue MountainENE 66°923 m24.5 mi
Stimson HillNE 40°858 m23.5 mi
Mount WashingtonNE 37°824 m23.0 mi
Big Skidder HillWSW 256°646 m24.5 mi
Dahlberg MountainENE 73°582 m22.0 mi
Ebey HillNE 53°539 m22.4 mi
Devils MountainNNE 16°520 m23.4 mi
Scott MountainNNE 15°496 m23.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1120:2521:14
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5815:2616:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245495559646460524540
Precip in3.92.83.62.72.11.90.81.01.73.35.04.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Everett Snohomish CO AP, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/5248317929

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