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Houghton Beach Park

Houghton Beach Park from directly overhead

Houghton Beach Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is First Romance Sculpture, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 4.1 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates47.66017, -122.20700

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • First Romance Sculpture: 0.0 mi
  • The Storyteller: 0.0 mi
  • Winter: 0.1 mi
  • Spring: 0.1 mi
  • Bounding Mule Deer: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Marsh Park: 0.4 mi
  • Carillon Woods: 0.4 mi
  • Terrace Park: 0.5 mi
  • Settler's Landing: 0.5 mi
  • David E. Brink Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Waldo Woods: 5.3 mi
  • Kingfisher Natural Area: 5.6 mi
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 6.0 mi
  • Bartonwood Natural Area: 6.5 mi
  • Licorice Fern Natural Area: 6.7 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Promontory Point: 2.4 mi
  • Kite Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 5.4 mi
  • First Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 52
  • Road End Beach: 0.8 mi
  • Madison Park Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Matthews Beach: 4.0 mi
  • East Harrison Street End: 4.4 mi
  • Calkins Point: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 4.9 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.1 mi
  • Shelter #1: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Waterwall: 3.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.7 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Licton Springs: 6.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Houghton Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakESE 113°1,404 m24.9 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 114°1,400 m24.6 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 114°1,326 m24.3 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 116°1,254 m24.2 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSE 127°1,004 m23.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakSE 126°994.257 m22.3 mi
East Tiger MountainSE 134°913 m16.9 mi
West Tiger #1SE 135°891 m15.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424347515761676762544642
Precip in5.13.53.93.02.21.60.81.01.73.75.95.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • European holly179 obs
  • Mallard95 obs
  • salal86 obs
  • Pacific trillium84 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver81 obs
  • Cascade Oregon-grape71 obs
  • western sword fern64 obs
  • Herb Robert61 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/159407957

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