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Duck Lake Wildlife Area

Duck Lake Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Duck Lake Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is La Center Bottoms, a nature reserve 1.0 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 5.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.84306, -122.65714

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Lockwood Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • John Pollock Water Trail Park: 1.2 mi
  • Holley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Timmen's Landing: 1.4 mi
  • Sternwheeler Park: 1.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Timmen's Landing: 1.4 mi
  • La Center High School Victory Bell: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 3.2 mi
  • Woodland Pioneer Memorial: 5.9 mi
  • Woodland Veterans Memorial: 5.9 mi
Artworks
  • Salmon: 1.4 mi
  • Eagle: 1.4 mi
  • Frogs: 1.4 mi
  • Wildcat: 1.5 mi
  • Mascot: 5.9 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Peaks
  • Goose Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Cardai Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • Nob Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Tukes Mountain: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 39
  • Jenny Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Grist Mill Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Lower Marble Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Marble Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Lucia Falls: 10.1 mi
Museums: 35
  • La Center Museum: 1.6 mi
  • Woodland Historical Museum Society: 5.9 mi
  • Historic Courthouse Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Caples House Museum Complex: 8.0 mi
  • Lelooska Cultural Center: 8.9 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Alder: 5.8 mi
  • Cedar C: 5.8 mi
  • Birch: 5.8 mi
  • Maple: 5.9 mi
  • Community Stage: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 19
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • School District Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.4 mi
  • Summit Spring: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Duck Lake Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Star MountainESE 108°1,337 m21.2 mi
Sturgeon RockESE 108°1,267 m20.7 mi
Gumboot MountainE 86°1,175 m21.4 mi
Lakeview PeakNE 38°1,141 m19.7 mi
Pyramid RockESE 111°1,091 m20.9 mi
Butler ButteNNE 22°1,079 m21.0 mi
Larch MountainESE 117°1,057 m19.5 mi
Davis PeakNNE 16°887 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2120:1921:05
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:5015:3916:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495559656560514439
Precip in7.25.35.64.53.42.30.60.82.24.87.68.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Ground, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer14 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog7 obs
  • Common Garter Snake7 obs
  • wild teasel7 obs
  • red-berried elder7 obs
  • Oregon oak7 obs
  • Northwestern Garter Snake6 obs
  • western redcedar6 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/762118290

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