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Skookum Inlet Natural Area Preserve

Skookum Inlet Natural Area Preserve from directly overhead

Skookum Inlet Natural Area Preserve is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Rock Peak stands 1,018 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Squaxin Island Museum, Library and Research Center, a museum 1.3 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 0.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.14016, -123.08260

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Griffin Athletic Fields: 4.2 mi
  • Walker Park: 4.4 mi
  • Jacobys Shorecrest County Park: 4.8 mi
  • Kneeland Park: 4.8 mi
  • Shelton Dog Park: 4.8 mi
Peaks
Historic sites: 51
  • Veteran's Memorial Hall: 5.2 mi
  • Telephone Of The Wind: 10.3 mi
  • Cognitive Synergy: 10.4 mi
  • Statue: John Rankin Rogers: 10.9 mi
  • G. Washington: 10.9 mi
Artworks: 39
Museums: 26
  • Squaxin Island Museum, Library and Research Center: 1.3 mi
  • Mason County Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
  • McCleary Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Olympia Aha Heritage Alliance Museum: 10.7 mi
  • L.O.T.T. W.E.T Center: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 17
Nature reserves: 14
Beaches: 9
  • Countryside Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Joemma Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Palmer Lake "Sunny side": 15.0 mi
  • Palmer Lake "Shady side": 15.1 mi
  • The Arbors Private Beach: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Attractions: 6
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 5
  • McAllister Springs: 18.6 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 21.3 mi
  • Silver Spring: 22.8 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 15.6 mi
  • Environmental Study Area: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Skookum Inlet Natural Area Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock PeakNW 323°1,018 m23.1 mi
Flash MountainSSW 192°909 m10.7 mi
South MountainNW 311°885 m18.1 mi
Capitol PeakSSW 193°787 m11.8 mi
Larch MountainSSW 194°774 m10.9 mi
Dow MountainNNW 347°765 m21.6 mi
Cushman HillNNW 340°706 m22.5 mi
Rock Candy MountainS 188°701 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:25
June solstice05:1720:2521:12
September equinox07:0018:3219:12
December solstice07:5715:3416:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245495560656561514440
Precip in11.16.77.24.92.61.50.71.22.57.011.610.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Shelton AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Parrot Mushroom21 obs
  • Hygrocybe sp. 'flavescens-PNW06'8 obs
  • Hygrocybe parvula6 obs
  • Hygrocybe constans6 obs
  • Barred Owl5 obs
  • salal5 obs
  • Tree Lungwort5 obs
  • Baldhip Rose5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/749650268

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