Samish Island - Goldston Conservation Easement
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Samish Island - Goldston Conservation Easement is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Lyman Hill stands 1,311 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Samish Island Beach Access, a park 0.6 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM passes 5.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Skagit Land Trust
How to reach it
- 5.0 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM
- 5.0 mi off the JCT BLANCHARD RD OVERCROSSING TO VIC LARABEE STATE PARK
- 7.3 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 8.4 mi off the JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP
Overlooks nearby
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 5 mi
- Burnout knob · 6 mi
- Samish Overlook · 6 mi
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Samish Island Beach Access: 0.6 mi
- Samish Island Park: 2.0 mi
- Young's Park: 3.9 mi
- Guemes Island School House Park: 4.1 mi
- Smith & Vallee Sculpture Park: 5.2 mi
- Guemes Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Olivine Hill: 6.7 mi
- Chuckanut Mountain: 7.2 mi
- Little Round Top: 8.4 mi
- Sugar Cube: 8.8 mi
- Vendovi Island Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Dog Woods: 5.3 mi
- Blanchard State Forest: 7.0 mi
- Fidalgo Bay - Carsten Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- Fidalgo Bay - Graber Conservation Area: 7.6 mi
- Driftwood Giraffes: 5.4 mi
- Public Art: 7.2 mi
- Havekost Monument: 9.0 mi
- John Joseph Donovan: 9.7 mi
- Daniel Jefferson Harris: 9.7 mi
- Altair - Americus Memorial: 5.4 mi
- Anne Curtis Sculpture: 5.6 mi
- Keith Shugarts Playground: 5.6 mi
- Lady of the Sea: 5.6 mi
- Seafarers Memorial: 5.6 mi
- Samish Beach: 1.6 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 3.3 mi
- Sunset Beach: 3.4 mi
- dogfish beach: 4.9 mi
- Dogfish beach south: 5.0 mi
- W.T. Preston Museum: 5.4 mi
- Anacortes Museum: 5.6 mi
- Whatcom Maritime Heritage Museum: 9.7 mi
- Heritage Flight Museum: 10.2 mi
- Spark Museum of Electrical Invention: 12.0 mi
- Samish Island Acres Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Biology garden plot: 10.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 11.0 mi
- York Community Farm: 12.0 mi
- WeGrow Garden: 12.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Devils Slide: 7.8 mi
- Eagle Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Fidalgo Head: 9.4 mi
- Main Wall East: 9.7 mi
- Crown Yacht Charters: 5.6 mi
- Jolly Mon Charters: 5.7 mi
- Anacortes Yacht Charters: 6.1 mi
- I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 8.9 mi
- Tulip Town: 12.3 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 8.7 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Whirlpool Falls: 12.9 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.2 mi
- Cavern Falls: 13.4 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- 6: 11.2 mi
- 5: 11.2 mi
- 4: 11.2 mi
- Whitney: 10.1 mi
- Park: 14.5 mi
- Skagit City: 16.3 mi
- Standard: 19.4 mi
- Goshen: 21.0 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 9.4 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 9.5 mi
- Custer Northbound Rest Area: 22.7 mi
- Custer Southbound Rest Area: 24.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.3 mi
- Smith Island Keepers House: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Samish Island - Goldston Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyman Hill | E 87° | 1,311 m | 18.0 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill | NE 44° | 943 m | 18.3 mi |
| Stewart Mountain | NE 47° | 941 m | 17.7 mi |
| Bigfoot Hill Northeast Peak | NE 44° | 940 m | 18.9 mi |
| Slash | NE 42° | 935 m | 17.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | NE 50° | 816 m | 11.3 mi |
| Anderson Mountain | E 81° | 736 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Constitution | WNW 297° | 732 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:27 | 21:17 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 08:01 | 15:23 | 16:18 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anacortes, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/996350110
Day trips start here
- Edison · 5 mi
- Anacortes · 7 mi
- Lummi Island · 9 mi
- Bellingham · 12 mi
- Burlington · 13 mi
- Deception Pass State Park · 13 mi
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