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Tolmie State Park

Tolmie State Park from directly overhead

Tolmie State Park is a nature reserve in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Black Hill stands 153 m to the east-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Beachcrest Community Beach, a park 1.4 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 9.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
23 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.12228, -122.77333

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Beachcrest Community Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Pavilion Park: 1.4 mi
  • Beachcrest Community Park: 1.6 mi
  • Beachcrest Entrance Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Glacier Park: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Hoffman Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Jansen Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Bartlett Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Atkins Hill: 5.9 mi
Museums: 47
Gardens: 46
  • Closed Loop Park: 3.9 mi
  • Thruston County Community Food Bank Garden: 5.6 mi
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Capital Vision Community Garden: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Beaches: 16
Picnic sites: 12
  • Environmental Study Area: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Point: 11.3 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 8
  • McAllister Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 8.5 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 14.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Nisqually Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Kennedy Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Mima Falls: 20.8 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Tolmie State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillESE 121°153 m6.6 mi
Goodman HillESE 121°145 m7.1 mi
Toland HillSE 137°143 m7.5 mi
Starr HillSE 132°141 m7.5 mi
Kelly HillESE 118°140 m9.2 mi
Newman HillSE 124°138 m7.4 mi
Bare HillESE 118°136 m6.8 mi
Sanders HillSE 124°135 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1620:2321:11
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice07:5515:3316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 12 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow Shore Crab151 obs
  • Eccentric Sand Dollar71 obs
  • Graceful Rock Crab48 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug43 obs
  • Pacific trillium41 obs
  • Great Blue Heron40 obs
  • common jewelweed39 obs
  • Song Sparrow34 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/225614740

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