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David E. Hill Wetland Preserve

David E. Hill Wetland Preserve from directly overhead

David E. Hill Wetland Preserve is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Enumclaw Mountain stands 849 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Aspen Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 12 miles off.

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Getting there

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Coordinates47.26998, -122.24133

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aspen Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pacific City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Clint Steiger Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Elise Park: 0.6 mi
  • Algona Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Midway Games: 3.3 mi
  • Riptide: 3.3 mi
  • Zooma Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Konga Slides: 3.4 mi
  • Emerald Downs: 4.2 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 8.4 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 11.5 mi
  • Stanridge Hill: 12.8 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 13.5 mi
  • Indian Point: 13.7 mi
Beaches: 35
  • Sex Cove: 2.8 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Owen Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Crow Beach: 13.8 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 4.7 mi
  • Woodmont Country Club: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Victor Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 18.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Maplewood Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 16.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 19.5 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of David E. Hill Wetland Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Enumclaw MountainE 94°849 m16.2 mi
Tiger Middle SummitNE 40°795 m19.6 mi
Gleason HillSSE 148°699 m19.3 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitNE 45°629 m18.6 mi
South Tiger MountainNE 45°619 m18.5 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakNNE 29°618 m18.5 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakNNE 28°608 m18.3 mi
Brooks HillSSE 154°600 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2819:08
December solstice07:5415:3016:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525862676762544742
Precip in6.04.04.43.42.01.40.60.81.64.16.56.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1317045624

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