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Battle Ground Lake State Park

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Battle Ground Lake State Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Twin Rocks stands 1,340 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Tukes Mountain Park, a park 1.4 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 2.7 miles off.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates45.80365, -122.49143

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tukes Mountain Park: 1.4 mi
  • Whispering Pines Park: 1.9 mi
  • Oak Meadows Park: 2.3 mi
  • Fairgrounds Park: 2.3 mi
  • Dublin Meadows Park: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Tukes Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • Gravel Point: 2.1 mi
  • Bells Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Yacolt Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Spotted Deer Mountain: 6.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Battle Ground Veterans Memorial: 3.0 mi
  • Flagpole: 6.0 mi
  • La Center High School Victory Bell: 9.0 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 9.1 mi
  • Timmen's Landing: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls
Artworks
  • Elvis & Marilyn Monroe: 3.6 mi
  • Mother & Child: 3.6 mi
  • Fountain of Youth: 3.6 mi
  • A Mother's Joy: 3.6 mi
  • Pioneer: 3.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions: 42
Museums: 34
Picnic sites: 22
  • Maple: 2.6 mi
  • Oak: 2.6 mi
  • Cedar C: 2.6 mi
  • Birch: 2.6 mi
  • Alder: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Reeder Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Tina Bar: 14.2 mi
  • Collins Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 14.4 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Tegart Bluff: 17.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 17.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 17.9 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.0 mi
  • Martin Bluff: 18.9 mi
Springs: 3
  • School District Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 24.1 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 12.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Battle Ground Lake State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Twin RocksENE 76°1,340 m19.4 mi
Silver Star MountainESE 108°1,337 m12.8 mi
Green Lookout MountainENE 77°1,307 m18.2 mi
Calamity PeakENE 66°1,306 m19.2 mi
Twin RocksENE 76°1,295 m19.8 mi
Lookout MountainE 91°1,287 m18.6 mi
Sturgeon RockESE 108°1,267 m12.3 mi
West CraterENE 76°1,260 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:2120:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3019:09
December solstice07:4915:3916:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394145495559656560514439
Precip in7.25.35.64.53.42.30.60.82.24.87.68.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Battle Ground, 3 mi away.

  • thimbleberry19 obs
  • Pacific trillium18 obs
  • salal15 obs
  • western sword fern14 obs
  • Bluegill14 obs
  • Douglas's Squirrel11 obs
  • fringe cups10 obs
  • Candy Flower10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/38461379

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