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Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary

Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary from directly overhead

Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Gold Mountain stands 528 m to the northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaw Park, a park 0.2 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 4.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.35685, -122.59528

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shaw Park: 0.2 mi
  • Doris Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crescent Creek Park: 1.0 mi
  • McCormick Forest Park: 1.2 mi
  • Finholm View Climb: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Gig Harbor 9/11 Memorial: 1.3 mi
  • After Medicine Creek: 1.3 mi
  • The Puyallup Tribe / sx̌ʷəbabš | The Swift Water People: 1.4 mi
  • Before Gig Harbor: 1.4 mi
  • May Peace Prevail on Earth: 2.2 mi
Museums
  • Harbor History Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Fireboat No. 1: 7.4 mi
  • Browns Point Historical Society: 8.0 mi
  • Fox Island Historical Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Job Carr Cabin Museum: 8.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
  • Kinbee Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Ford Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Indian Point: 4.9 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 7.1 mi
  • Indian Hill: 9.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Muskoxen: 4.9 mi
  • Muskoxen: 4.9 mi
  • Arctic Fox: 4.9 mi
  • Polar Bears: 4.9 mi
  • In Touch with the Wild: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 54
Picnic sites: 29
  • Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • The Meadow: 5.0 mi
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 6
  • Ellison Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 23.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Dickerson Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Victor Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Harbor Hill Environmental Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gold MountainNW 326°528 m16.0 mi
Green MountainNW 325°484 m17.4 mi
Indian HillESE 113°167 m9.3 mi
High PointNE 39°158 m16.2 mi
Black HillS 188°153 m19.8 mi
Goodman HillS 187°145 m20.0 mi
Newman HillS 186°138 m20.5 mi
Bare HillS 187°136 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:1420:2321:11
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5615:3016:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346495660656561524541
Precip in6.14.14.63.42.11.40.70.91.54.37.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1491700301

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