Artesian Commons
Artesian Commons is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Puget Sound Estuarium, a museum 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 1.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2014
How to reach it
- 1.6 mi off the JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA
- 5.5 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC ELMA TO JCT SR 101 VIC TUMWATER
- 13.3 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC SHELTON TO JCT SR 104 VIC PORT GAMBEL
- 21.9 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC UNION TO JCT SR 3 VIC BELFAIR
Overlooks nearby
- Peek-a-Boo Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Bay Public Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Sylvester Park: 0.2 mi
- East Bay Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Percival Landing Park: 0.3 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
- G. Washington: 0.2 mi
- Statue: John Rankin Rogers: 0.2 mi
- Cognitive Synergy: 0.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 0.5 mi
- WWII: 0.5 mi
- Bartlett Hill: 10.0 mi
- Cosgrave Hill: 10.1 mi
- Hayes Hill: 10.2 mi
- Jansen Hill: 10.3 mi
- Rock Candy Mountain: 10.4 mi
- The Ravens Chasing the Moon: 0.1 mi
- Dignity in Labor: 0.2 mi
- Percival Plinth Project: 0.3 mi
- Kujira I: 0.3 mi
- Tide Pool of Time: 0.3 mi
- Yashiro Japanese Garden: 0.4 mi
- Capitol Sunken Garden: 0.6 mi
- Capital Vision Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wendell Berry Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Sunrise Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Puget Sound Estuarium: 0.1 mi
- Hands On Children's Museum: 0.2 mi
- L.O.T.T. W.E.T Center: 0.2 mi
- Olympia Aha Heritage Alliance Museum: 0.3 mi
- Bigelow House Museum: 0.4 mi
- Carnival Grounds: 5.4 mi
- Andrews Arena: 5.5 mi
- Food Court Stage: 5.5 mi
- Ocean City Ferry: 11.1 mi
- Vehicle Park: 13.7 mi
- Black Lake Meadows: 2.5 mi
- Lake Lois Habitat Reserve: 4.6 mi
- Louise H. Meyers Park: 7.3 mi
- Tolmie State Park: 7.9 mi
- Hope Island Marine State Park: 9.9 mi
- Countryside Beach: 5.4 mi
- The Arbors Private Beach: 6.1 mi
- Joemma Beach: 13.1 mi
- Palmer Lake "Sunny side": 14.0 mi
- Palmer Lake "Shady side": 14.2 mi
- Thirty-eight Infantry Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Eighteenth Infantry Bluff: 10.8 mi
- Seven-infantry Bluff: 11.5 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 13.6 mi
- Tenth Field Artillery Bluff: 13.7 mi
- McAllister Springs: 8.2 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 11.1 mi
- Silver Spring: 12.2 mi
- Crystal Spring: 15.3 mi
- Ellison Spring: 16.4 mi
- Environmental Study Area: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Point: 18.4 mi
- Main Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Kiwanis Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Kennedy Falls: 11.0 mi
- Mima Falls: 12.9 mi
- Nisqually Falls: 14.5 mi
- Porter Falls: 18.1 mi
- Bloody Falls: 19.5 mi
- Maytown Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Scatter Creek Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Elma Rest Area: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Artesian Commons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flash Mountain | WSW 251° | 909 m | 11.6 mi |
| Capitol Peak | WSW 246° | 787 m | 12.4 mi |
| Larch Mountain | WSW 251° | 774 m | 12.0 mi |
| Rock Candy Mountain | WSW 256° | 701 m | 10.4 mi |
| Fuzzy Top | WSW 240° | 462 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Molly | SW 235° | 344 m | 11.0 mi |
| Little Larch Mountain | WSW 240° | 342 m | 12.0 mi |
| Blumauer Hill | SSE 168° | 291 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:24 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:33 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 55 | 59 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 50 | 43 | 39 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 5.1 | 5.7 | 3.7 | 2.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.1 | 8.2 | 7.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 5 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron384 obs
- Mallard277 obs
- Bufflehead231 obs
- Giant Nudibranch191 obs
- Hooded Merganser173 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant172 obs
- Salmonberry161 obs
- Western Honey Bee158 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/237307911
Day trips start here
- Olympia · 0 mi
- Tumwater · 3 mi
- Lacey · 4 mi
- Anderson Island · 12 mi
- Harstine Island · 13 mi
- Longbranch · 13 mi
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