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Kettles Trail System

Kettles Trail System from directly overhead

Kettles Trail System is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Mount Zion stands 1,299 m to the south-southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mueller Park Beach Access, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP runs past it. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Island County Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.21988, -122.73773

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mueller Park Beach Access: 0.4 mi
  • Grasser's Lagoon Park: 1.0 mi
  • Libbey Beach County Park: 1.6 mi
  • Coupeville Town Park: 2.1 mi
  • Cooks Corner Park: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 44
Nature reserves: 43
Artworks: 43
Peaks: 40
Attractions: 38
  • Alexander Blockhouse: 2.3 mi
  • Memory's Vault: 5.8 mi
  • Corn Maze: 10.8 mi
  • Ancient Cedar: 12.8 mi
  • Beachcomber Charters: 13.3 mi
Museums: 21
Beaches: 20
  • North Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Glass Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Portage Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Little North Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Rosario Beach: 14.2 mi
Cliffs: 19
Gardens: 17
  • Rhododendron Gardens: 6.2 mi
  • Master Gardener Park: 8.1 mi
  • Educational Gardens: 10.9 mi
  • Meerkerk Rhododendron Gardens: 12.5 mi
  • Meerkerk Gardens: 12.6 mi
Lighthouses: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Ludlow Falls: 20.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Kettles Trail System. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ZionSSW 212°1,299 m24.0 mi
Bear MountainSW 220°1,049 m23.4 mi
Burnt HillSW 231°680 m22.2 mi
Big Skidder HillSSW 205°646 m20.4 mi
Lookout HillSW 222°574 m20.3 mi
Devils MountainENE 65°520 m23.8 mi
Scott MountainENE 64°496 m23.3 mi
Schmith KnobSW 225°481.3 m23.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1120:2721:16
September equinox06:5818:2919:11
December solstice08:0015:2616:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245495458616258514440
Precip in2.51.92.01.91.71.30.80.71.22.13.12.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Coupeville 1 S, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/256652179

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