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Transportation Exhibit

Transportation Exhibit from directly overhead

Transportation Exhibit is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 837 m. Columbia Crest stands 4,392 m to the north-northeast, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Longmire Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 7 VIC ELBE TO JCT ENTRANCE MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK passes 5.0 miles off.

About

The story

Dates from 1916.

Wikidata Q36977405, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.74967, -121.81284

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Waterfalls
Cliffs: 26
Parks: 12
  • Packwood Cowlitz River Public Access Point: 11.5 mi
  • Mineral Lake Access Area: 17.6 mi
  • Jack Morris Park: 17.8 mi
  • Rocky Point Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Cowlitz Falls Campground: 19.7 mi
Picnic sites: 11
  • Paradise Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Sunrise Picnic Area: 13.9 mi
  • Valley View Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
  • High Point Day Use Area: 16.8 mi
  • Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 16.9 mi
Museums: 5
  • Longmire Museum: 0.0 mi
  • Historic Packwood Station: 11.8 mi
  • White Pass Country Historical Museum: 12.0 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 16.6 mi
  • Stage Stop Museum: 22.8 mi
Historic sites: 5
Springs: 5
Attractions: 5
  • The Trident: 11.5 mi
  • Coffee Cup: 11.7 mi
  • Big Cedar: 12.3 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad: 18.1 mi
  • Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 23.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Artworks: 2
Hot springs: 1
  • Ohanapecosh Hot Springs: 11.9 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Transportation Exhibit. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Columbia CrestNNE 19°4,392 m7.5 mi
Mount RainierNNE 20°4,392 m7.6 mi
Point SuccessNNE 18°4,302 m7.0 mi
Liberty CapNNE 13°4,297 m8.0 mi
Gibraltar RockNNE 26°3,863 m7.4 mi
Tahoma CleaverNNE 12°3,533 m6.6 mi
Saint Andrews RockN 9°3,520 m7.3 mi
Little TahomaNE 35°3,395 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4019:20
June solstice05:1420:1821:06
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5015:3116:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323336414854616155453631
Precip in11.48.67.55.94.73.71.21.53.59.013.012.4

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

In the park

Inside the official boundary of Mount Rainier National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Feb and Dec; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/348459747

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