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Rockaway Beach

Rockaway Beach from directly overhead

Rockaway Beach is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Buck Mountain stands 1,149 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Halls Hill Lookout and Labyrinth, a park 0.3 miles away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 0.7 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bainbridge Island Metro Park & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.59899, -122.49832

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Halls Hill Lookout and Labyrinth: 0.3 mi
  • Bensam Park: 0.6 mi
  • Waterfront Park: 1.8 mi
  • Waypoint Park: 1.9 mi
  • Cave Family Heritage Park: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 2.1 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 6.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Beaches
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks: 39
  • High Point: 3.4 mi
  • Magnolia Bluff: 5.4 mi
  • Magnolia: 6.0 mi
  • High Point: 7.0 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Eagledale Park: 1.3 mi
  • Camp Kelly: 2.2 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 6.8 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 8
  • Dickerson Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Waterwall: 14.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 17.6 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Licton Springs: 10.1 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainWNW 297°1,149 m23.4 mi
Mount TurnerWNW 296°1,025 m22.0 mi
Webb MountainW 273°845 m24.5 mi
Mount WalkerNW 305°844 m22.8 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 104°841 m24.7 mi
West Tiger #3ESE 104°770 m24.4 mi
Green HillWNW 294°725 m21.0 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakESE 107°618 m22.0 mi
Conditions

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, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1380579997

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