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Whale Museum

Whale Museum, a museum in Washington
Whale Museum, a museum in WashingtonSCOTT CAMERON · CC BY 3.0
Whale Museum, a museum in Washington
Jeff Gunn from Atlanta, USA · CC BY 2.0
Whale Museum, a museum in Washington
Jeff Gunn from Atlanta, USA · CC BY 2.0
Whale Museum, a museum in Washington
Jeff Gunn from Atlanta, USA · CC BY 2.0
Whale Museum, a museum in Washington
Jeff Gunn from Atlanta, USA · CC BY 2.0
Whale Museum, a museum in Washington
SCOTT CAMERON · CC BY 3.0

Whale Museum is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Constitution stands 732 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Overlook Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SAN JUAN ISLANDS runs past it. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

The Whale Museum is a natural history museum in Friday Harbor, Washington. Founded in 1979, it is dedicated to interpreting whales in the wild. Its mission is to promote the stewardship of wild whales in the Salish Sea ecosystem through education and research programs.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1979.

Wikidata Q18156874, matched on coordinates and name (20 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.53580, -123.01722

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Overlook Park: 0.0 mi
  • Fairweather Park: 0.1 mi
  • Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Sunken Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cahail Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks: 55
Nature reserves: 50
Beaches: 31
Cliffs: 23
Artworks: 19
Historic sites: 17
Attractions: 12
Museums: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • 1: 13.1 mi
  • 2: 13.1 mi
  • 3: 13.1 mi
  • 4: 13.2 mi
  • 5: 13.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 12.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ConstitutionNE 41°732 m13.0 mi
False SummitNE 43°697 m12.3 mi
Little SummitNE 45°613 m11.9 mi
Mount PickettNE 48°533 m13.4 mi
Buck MountainNNE 32°447 m13.2 mi
Mount ErieESE 107°385 m18.8 mi
Mount WoolardNE 36°362 m8.1 mi
Entrance MountainNE 50°360 m10.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:25
June solstice05:1120:2921:19
September equinox06:5918:3019:12
December solstice08:0215:2516:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346495458616258514542
Precip in2.71.51.41.01.10.70.50.71.02.33.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friday Harbor AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/439762301

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