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Little Goose Landing Recreation Area

Little Goose Landing Recreation Area from directly overhead

Little Goose Landing Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 187 m. Cahill Mountain stands 1,129 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Shore Recreation Area, a park 0.5 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC DELANEY TO JCT SR 260 passes 5.0 miles off. 68 named places lie within 25 miles, 9 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.57903, -118.03957
Around it

68 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 22
  • North Shore Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Little Goose Landing: 1.7 mi
  • Texas Rapids Recreation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Port of Garfield Public Boat Launch: 11.8 mi
  • Ayer Boat Basin: 15.7 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Peaks: 9
  • Magee Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Dodge Hill: 11.4 mi
  • Black Butte: 18.8 mi
  • Wild Horse Hill: 19.4 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 8
  • Evans Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Hammer Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Goldfish Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Gildersleeve Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Negro Spring: 17.9 mi
Museums: 4
  • Washtucna Historical Museum: 17.7 mi
  • Garfield County Museum: 22.1 mi
  • Bruce Memorial Museum: 22.1 mi
  • Eastern Washington Agricultural Museum: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 3
  • #thatnwbus: 17.7 mi
  • Columbia County Fair Grounds: 18.2 mi
  • Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 22.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Wenaha Gallery: 18.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Little Goose Landing Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cahill MountainSSE 158°1,129 m24.5 mi
Goat MountainSE 131°1,103 m24.4 mi
Beacon HillNNE 28°571 m10.5 mi
Wild Horse HillE 91°565 m19.4 mi
Dodge HillESE 108°548 m11.4 mi
Coyote ButteNNW 348°521 m21.3 mi
Magee HillNE 40°494 m5.7 mi
Black ButteNNE 15°450 m18.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2519:05
June solstice05:0020:0320:50
September equinox06:4018:1218:52
December solstice07:3415:1716:08

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323642495764717061493931
Precip in2.01.31.71.31.31.00.30.30.51.12.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lacrosse, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1389617089

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