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Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area

Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area from directly overhead

Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Vista Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 4.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Clark County
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.74217, -122.64908

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mount Vista Park: 0.3 mi
  • Cobblestone Community Park & Trails: 0.5 mi
  • Kozy Kamp Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mount Vista Assosiation Park: 0.6 mi
  • Clark County Fairgrounds: 0.9 mi
Artworks
  • Golden Section: 0.9 mi
  • Pillars of Fulfillment: 1.0 mi
  • Leaping Cougar: 1.0 mi
  • The Wailing Bell: 1.2 mi
  • Pioneer: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Master Gardener Foundation of Clark County: 4.3 mi
  • Blue Heron Community Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Welcome to Washington: 7.2 mi
  • Royce E. Pollard Japanese Friendship Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Marshall Park Community Garden: 7.6 mi
Peaks
  • Tukes Mountain: 7.0 mi
  • Gravel Point: 8.1 mi
  • Nob Hill: 11.0 mi
  • Green Mountain: 11.1 mi
  • Rocky Point: 11.1 mi
Attractions: 59
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 40
Picnic sites: 22
  • Pavillion: 1.2 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 6.1 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 6.2 mi
  • Alder: 6.9 mi
  • Oak: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Tina Bar: 5.6 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Collins Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Waud Bluff: 12.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.0 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.1 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 15.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • School District Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Summit Spring: 22.3 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.9 miles of Whipple Creek Hollow Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Star MountainE 89°1,337 m19.8 mi
Sturgeon RockE 89°1,267 m19.3 mi
Pyramid RockE 92°1,091 m19.1 mi
Larch MountainE 96°1,057 m17.1 mi
Davis PeakN 8°887 m17.5 mi
Jack MountainENE 70°858 m20.4 mi
Kloochman ButteE 83°777.8 m18.0 mi
Reid MountainN 4°731 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1921:05
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495560656660514438
Precip in6.04.14.43.62.81.80.50.61.63.66.36.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver 4 NNE, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/151441950

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