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Norm Dicks Visitor Center

Norm Dicks Visitor Center from directly overhead

Norm Dicks Visitor Center is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Black Hill stands 153 m to the east, 2.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Environmental Study Area, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.07282, -122.71280

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Medicene Creek Treaty Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Shipwreck: 3.0 mi
  • Site of Wilkes Observatory: 3.7 mi
  • Site of Methodist Episcopal Mission: 3.9 mi
  • Mayor Harry L. Robinson Memorial Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Jansen Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Bartlett Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Cosgrave Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Atkins Hill: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Meridian Neighborhood Park: 2.0 mi
  • Chief Leschi Park: 2.3 mi
  • L.O.T.T. Hawks Prairie Ponds & Recharge Basins: 2.5 mi
  • Hoffman Hill Park: 2.5 mi
  • Pola Andre Park: 2.7 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens: 50
Museums: 44
Nature reserves: 35
Beaches: 15
Picnic sites: 12
  • Environmental Study Area: 0.4 mi
  • Picnic Point: 9.8 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 14.8 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 14.9 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 8
  • McAllister Springs: 3.1 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 4.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 10.0 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.7 miles of Norm Dicks Visitor Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillE 90°153 m2.8 mi
Goodman HillE 94°145 m3.2 mi
Toland HillSE 132°143 m3.1 mi
Starr HillESE 121°141 m3.1 mi
Kelly HillE 100°140 m5.3 mi
Newman HillESE 102°138 m3.3 mi
Bare HillE 85°136 m3.1 mi
Sanders HillESE 104°135 m3.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1620:2321:11
September equinox06:5818:3019:10
December solstice07:5515:3316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 11 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/544161035

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