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Vendovi Island Preserve

Vendovi Island Preserve from directly overhead

Vendovi Island Preserve is a nature reserve, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Bigfoot Hill stands 943 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunrise Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM passes 6.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San Juan Preservation Trust
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.61124, -122.60830

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Young's Park: 2.4 mi
  • Samish Island Beach Access: 3.8 mi
  • Guemes Island School House Park: 4.3 mi
  • Samish Island Park: 5.1 mi
  • Public Beach Access: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites: 43
Beaches: 32
  • Sunrise Beach: 0.2 mi
  • Sunset Beach: 0.3 mi
  • Samish Beach: 4.8 mi
  • dogfish beach: 6.6 mi
  • Dogfish beach south: 6.7 mi
Museums: 28
Gardens: 22
Attractions: 20
  • Crown Yacht Charters: 6.7 mi
  • Jolly Mon Charters: 6.9 mi
  • Anacortes Yacht Charters: 7.5 mi
  • I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 9.2 mi
  • Beachcomber Charters: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 17
Waterfalls: 10
  • Chuckanut Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Cavern Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Rustic Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Group Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
  • 6: 8.1 mi
  • 5: 8.1 mi
  • 4: 8.1 mi
  • 3: 8.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 11.2 mi
Lighthouses: 1
  • Smith Island Keepers House: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Vendovi Island Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bigfoot HillNE 53°943 m19.0 mi
Stewart MountainENE 57°941 m18.6 mi
Bigfoot Hill Northeast PeakNE 53°940 m19.6 mi
SlashNE 52°935 m18.3 mi
Lookout MountainENE 65°816 m12.5 mi
Anderson MountainE 89°736 m15.6 mi
Mount ConstitutionWNW 294°732 m11.2 mi
Chuckanut MountainE 83°705 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:0920:2821:17
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice08:0115:2316:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515761656561534742
Precip in3.92.62.42.11.91.50.81.41.62.84.43.8

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1486434951

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