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Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park from directly overhead

Northwest Trek Wildlife Park is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 229 m. Glacier View stands 1,624 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Clear Lake Access Area, a park 0.9 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 4.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates46.91975, -122.27258

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Clear Lake Access Area: 0.9 mi
  • Tanwax Public Access Area: 1.6 mi
  • Ohop Lake Access Area: 2.5 mi
  • Lake Whitman Public Access: 2.9 mi
  • Glacier View Park: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions: 44
  • Ohop Ridge Christmas Tree Farm: 2.3 mi
  • Go Kart: 9.2 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad: 11.4 mi
  • Caboose: 16.6 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 16.6 mi
Artworks: 44
Waterfalls: 31
Museums: 30
  • Stage Stop Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Pioneer Farm Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Mount Rainier Railroad and Logging Museum: 15.1 mi
  • LeMay Collection at Marymount: 15.6 mi
  • McChord Air Museum: 17.4 mi
Gardens: 26
Cliffs: 26
Nature reserves: 19
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pack Forest Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Woodpecker Point Day Use Area: 10.1 mi
  • High Point Day Use Area: 10.4 mi
  • Jenny's Junction Day Use Area: 10.9 mi
  • Eagle Crest Day Use Area: 11.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • Crystal Spring: 15.6 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 19.8 mi
  • McAllister Springs: 22.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • South Beach: 15.7 mi
  • North Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Waterfront: 17.9 mi
  • Sex Cove: 22.3 mi
  • South Beach: 23.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Northwest Trek Wildlife Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Glacier ViewESE 115°1,624 m16.6 mi
Puyallup PointESE 110°1,619 m16.5 mi
Poch PeakE 82°1,556 m16.3 mi
Martin PeakE 86°1,472 m16.8 mi
August PeakE 82°1,416 m17.1 mi
Trout Creek PeakS 177°1,248 m16.6 mi
Ladd MountainS 178°1,198 m13.5 mi
Cougar MountainSSW 194°1,154 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1520:2121:08
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5315:3216:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485459646559504339
Precip in6.14.34.83.93.02.30.90.91.84.17.16.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mcmillin Rsvr, 15 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • western sword fern153 obs
  • Douglas's Squirrel144 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog123 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug107 obs
  • Pacific trillium107 obs
  • Salmonberry105 obs
  • Herb Robert98 obs
  • Vine Maple92 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/663624461

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