Nature reserve · Washington

Pacific View Open Space

Pacific View Open Space from directly overhead

Pacific View Open Space is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. South Twin stands 2,123 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Pacific View Ravine, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM passes 1.9 miles off.

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Operated by: City of Bellingham

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Coordinates48.73635, -122.45109

1.9 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM
2.5 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER
5.6 mi off the JCT BLANCHARD RD OVERCROSSING TO VIC LARABEE STATE PARK
10.4 mi off the JCT SR 530 VIC ARLINGTON TO CANADIAN BORDER

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves

Parks

Lakeway Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Hemlock Glade Open Space: 0.8 mi
Rock Hill Park: 1.0 mi
Harriet Spanel Park: 1.0 mi
Ridgemont Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi

Artworks

Peaks

Historic sites54

Softball Hall of Fame: 1.0 mi
Avalanche Memorial: 1.5 mi
Healing and Reconciliation Memorial: 1.8 mi
Worker Memorial Day Plaque: 1.8 mi
Fairhaven Whatcom: 2.1 mi

Museums26

Spark Museum of Electrical Invention: 1.7 mi
Lightcatcher: 1.7 mi
Old City Hall: 1.8 mi
Whatcom Museum at Old City Hall: 1.8 mi
Old Fire Station No. 1: 1.8 mi

Beaches26

Cornwall Beach: 1.8 mi
Public Access Beach: 2.6 mi
Squalicum Beach: 3.5 mi
dogfish beach: 7.6 mi
Dogfish beach south: 7.7 mi

Gardens14

York Community Farm: 1.0 mi
Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
Biology garden plot: 1.6 mi
WeGrow Garden: 1.6 mi
Cornwall Rose Garden: 2.5 mi

Attractions14

I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 2.9 mi
Stoney Ridge Farm: 12.3 mi
Samson Estates Winery: 12.3 mi
Dan Cramer's Western Town: 12.3 mi
Crown Yacht Charters: 17.0 mi

Waterfalls13

Whirlpool Falls: 1.5 mi
Chuckanut Falls: 2.8 mi
Silver Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
Anderson Falls: 8.3 mi
Hard Scrabble Falls: 10.2 mi

Cliffs13

Devils Slide: 10.3 mi
Eagle Cliff: 15.4 mi
Yellow Bluff: 16.8 mi
Fidalgo Head: 20.4 mi
China Caves: 21.2 mi

Picnic sites9

Group Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
6: 16.3 mi
5: 16.3 mi
4: 16.3 mi
3: 16.3 mi

Ghost towns5

Park: 9.4 mi
Goshen: 9.6 mi
Standard: 11.4 mi
Whitney: 20.0 mi
Skagit City: 24.7 mi

Rest areas4

Springs1

Cold Spring: 18.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Pacific View Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
South Twin	E 96°	2,123 m	21.3 mi
North Twin	E 94°	2,024 m	20.7 mi
Skookum Peak	E 97°	2,018 m	21.5 mi
Jaw's Tooth	E 96°	1,981 m	21.5 mi
Kloke Peak	E 98°	1,975 m	21.4 mi
Slide Mountain	ENE 65°	1,491 m	21.8 mi
Bald Mountain	ESE 107°	1,391 m	20.2 mi
Lyman Hill	SE 126°	1,311 m	16.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:41	19:23
June solstice	05:08	20:27	21:17
September equinox	06:57	18:28	19:10
December solstice	08:01	15:21	16:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	41	42	46	51	56	60	64	64	59	52	46	41
Precip in	4.6	3.1	3.4	2.8	2.3	1.7	1.0	1.1	2.0	3.9	5.7	4.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellingham 3 SSW, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/375736522

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