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Sunnyside Museum

Sunnyside Museum from directly overhead

Sunnyside Museum is a museum in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 226 m. Mule Butte stands 1,132 m to the southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Park, a park 0.1 miles away. OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP passes 15 miles off. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

About

The story

city in Yakima County, Washington, United States

Dates from 1902.

Wikidata Q1044814, matched on coordinates and name (226 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Elevation
226 m
Getting there

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Coordinates46.32095, -120.01516
Around it

108 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
  • Central Park: 0.1 mi
  • Centennial Square: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans' Park: 0.3 mi
  • Denny-Blaine Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tina Knoth Soccer Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Harrison Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Peanut Hump: 2.9 mi
  • Snipes Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Grandview Butte: 5.2 mi
  • High Top: 11.7 mi
Springs: 7
  • Upper Snively Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Snively Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Lower Snivley Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Benson Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 19.4 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Veterans Memorial of Zillah: 13.4 mi
  • Orchardville Monument: 13.4 mi
  • Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 13.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 20.8 mi
  • Old Car (Sumwhat abandoned): 21.2 mi
Museums: 5
  • Grandview Museum: 7.0 mi
  • R E Powell Museum: 7.2 mi
  • American Hop Museum: 14.4 mi
  • Prosser Historical Museum: 14.5 mi
  • Railway Museum: 14.5 mi
Attractions: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Cougar Oil: 14.1 mi
  • Neptune Orbital Marker: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mule ButteSW 216°1,132 m23.3 mi
Lookout SummitNE 44°1,106 m12.1 mi
Rattlesnake MountainENE 73°1,076 m20.1 mi
Cairn Hope PeakN 5°1,017 m18.6 mi
High TopNNW 340°913 m11.7 mi
The IslandSW 225°806 m23.3 mi
Eagle PeakNNW 327°696 m12.4 mi
Emerson NippleNNE 21°675 m21.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3319:13
June solstice05:0920:1020:57
September equinox06:4818:2018:59
December solstice07:4115:2616:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303543495864716961493830
Precip in1.00.70.50.60.70.60.10.30.40.70.91.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunnyside, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/366030340

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