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San Juan Islands National Monument

San Juan Islands National Monument from directly overhead

San Juan Islands National Monument is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 60 m. Mount Constitution stands 732 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Kellett Bluff, a cliff 0.2 miles away. ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC passes 3.0 miles off. 207 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Getting there

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Coordinates48.58813, -123.19758

Overlooks nearby

Around it

207 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 41
Nature reserves: 40
Parks: 38
  • San Juan County Park: 3.6 mi
  • Lime Kiln Point State Park: 5.4 mi
  • John O. Linde Community Park: 8.4 mi
  • Fairweather Park: 9.0 mi
  • Overlook Park: 9.0 mi
Beaches: 22
  • North Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Haida Canoe Cove: 5.7 mi
  • Madrona Beach: 5.7 mi
  • The Landing: 5.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Cove: 5.9 mi
Cliffs: 17
Historic sites: 8
Artworks: 8
Museums: 8
Attractions: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • 1: 19.4 mi
  • 2: 19.5 mi
  • 3: 19.5 mi
  • 4: 19.5 mi
  • 5: 19.5 mi
Gardens: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Cascade Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 17.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Smith Island Keepers House: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of San Juan Islands National Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ConstitutionENE 70°732 m17.8 mi
False SummitENE 72°697 m17.5 mi
Little SummitENE 74°613 m17.3 mi
Mount PickettENE 73°533 m19.0 mi
Buck MountainENE 63°447 m17.1 mi
Mount WoolardENE 77°362 m13.4 mi
Entrance MountainE 80°360 m16.3 mi
Turtleback MountainENE 64°343 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4419:26
June solstice05:1120:3021:19
September equinox07:0018:3119:12
December solstice08:0315:2516:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424346495458616258514542
Precip in2.71.51.41.01.10.70.50.71.02.33.02.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Friday Harbor AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

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