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Butler Creek Conservation Area

Butler Creek Conservation Area from directly overhead

Butler Creek Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. South Twin stands 2,123 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Donovan Park, a park 1.1 miles away. JCT STARBIRD RD TO JCT BOW HILL RD-- SCENIC AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR passes 3.8 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Skagit Land Trust

Official site

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Coordinates48.60991, -122.32642

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Donovan Park: 1.1 mi
  • Squires Lake Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pomona Grange Park: 3.2 mi
  • Dittrich Park: 3.7 mi
  • Gordon Carter Conservation Site: 4.6 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Yellow Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Scorpion: 7.4 mi
  • Evolution: 7.5 mi
  • Unemployment Line: 7.5 mi
  • Pump Track: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 51
  • Northern State Hospital Cemetery: 8.1 mi
  • Seattle & Northern Railroad (GN): 8.2 mi
  • Abandoned Railroad: 8.2 mi
  • Abandoned Railroad: 8.3 mi
  • American Legion Tribute Memorial to Saxon cemetery veterans: 8.6 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Dogfish beach south: 6.3 mi
  • dogfish beach: 6.4 mi
  • Samish Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Public Access Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Joe Hamel Beach: 11.0 mi
Museums: 19
Gardens: 17
Attractions: 13
  • I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 8.1 mi
  • Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 8.5 mi
  • Tulip Town: 13.4 mi
  • Skagit County Fairgrounds: 14.0 mi
  • Jolly Mon Charters: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 13
Waterfalls: 12
Picnic sites: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Butler Creek Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South TwinENE 67°2,123 m16.8 mi
North TwinENE 64°2,024 m16.7 mi
Skookum PeakENE 68°2,018 m16.8 mi
Little SisterENE 70°2,012 m17.0 mi
Jaw's ToothENE 68°1,981 m16.9 mi
Kloke PeakENE 69°1,975 m16.6 mi
Cinderella PeakENE 71°1,975 m17.1 mi
Barbara PeakENE 78°1,835 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:0820:2621:16
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice08:0015:2216:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245505660646459514540
Precip in6.24.14.84.23.52.61.31.62.95.07.05.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sedro-woolley, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/996121205

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