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Manchester State Park

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Manchester State Park is a nature reserve in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Mount Crag stands 1,315 m to the west-northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Vinton, a historic site 1.0 miles away. SEATTLE TO BREMERTON passes 0.4 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
15 m

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.57718, -122.54693

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Beaches
Parks
  • Manchester Stormwater Park: 1.5 mi
  • Bensam Park: 2.3 mi
  • Halls Hill Lookout and Labyrinth: 2.5 mi
  • Red Pine Park: 3.3 mi
  • Midden Point Park: 3.4 mi
Gardens
  • Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 3.5 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Elandan Gardens: 7.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks: 37
  • High Point: 3.9 mi
  • Bucklin Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Magnolia Bluff: 8.1 mi
  • High Point: 8.3 mi
  • Magnolia: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 29
  • Camp Kelly: 1.9 mi
  • Eagledale Park: 2.5 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 3.8 mi
  • Jackson Park Picnic area: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 7.7 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 9
  • Dickerson Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 17.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 19.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 20.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Licton Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 13.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CragWNW 302°1,315 m24.6 mi
East RockW 278°1,301 m24.3 mi
North RockW 280°1,294 m24.6 mi
Buck MountainWNW 303°1,149 m22.2 mi
Mount TurnerWNW 302°1,025 m20.7 mi
Webb MountainW 277°845 m22.4 mi
Mount WalkerNW 311°844 m22.0 mi
Green HillWNW 300°725 m19.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1320:2421:12
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5615:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414246505661666662534540
Precip in9.35.86.43.92.41.60.81.11.85.18.89.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 6 mi away.

  • Ochre Sea Star251 obs
  • Mottled Star230 obs
  • Aggregating Anemone124 obs
  • Nanaimo Dorid120 obs
  • Three-lined Aeolid119 obs
  • Orange Sea Cucumber102 obs
  • Red Rock Crab101 obs
  • Leather Star99 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/758409713

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