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Blind Island Marine State Park

Blind Island Marine State Park from directly overhead

Blind Island Marine State Park is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Mount Constitution stands 732 m to the northeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Blind Island, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SAN JUAN ISLANDS passes 0.3 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates48.58524, -122.93709

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Blind Island: 0.0 mi
  • Shaw County Park: 1.4 mi
  • Shaw County Park: 1.7 mi
  • Shaw Island County Park: 1.8 mi
  • Promontory Point: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks: 57
Beaches: 36
Historic sites: 30
Cliffs: 24
Museums: 24
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 13
Picnic sites: 9
  • 1: 8.2 mi
  • 2: 8.2 mi
  • 3: 8.2 mi
  • 4: 8.2 mi
  • 5: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cascade Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Chuckanut Falls: 22.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 7.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Smith Island Keepers House: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blind Island Marine State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ConstitutionNE 37°732 m8.0 mi
Chuckanut MountainE 83°705 m24.4 mi
False SummitNE 40°697 m7.3 mi
Little SummitNE 43°613 m6.9 mi
Mount PickettNE 48°533 m8.4 mi
Buck MountainNNE 23°447 m8.5 mi
Mount ErieESE 122°385 m16.9 mi
Mount WoolardNNE 20°362 m3.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:25
June solstice05:1020:2921:18
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice08:0215:2416:19

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, 6 mi away.

  • Pacific madrone52 obs
  • Pigeon Guillemot48 obs
  • Pelagic Cormorant44 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant32 obs
  • Wild Turkey26 obs
  • California poppy26 obs
  • Glaucous-winged Gull22 obs
  • Harbor Seal20 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1409969995

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