John Simpson Memorial Park
John Simpson Memorial Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Cannon Mountain stands 2,637 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Natatoruim Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 0.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 0.7 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 0.7 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 6.2 mi off the JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
- 6.2 mi off the JCT SR 970 VIC VIRDEN TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 8 mi
- Echo Point · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sunrise Peak: 2.9 mi
- Little Bear: 3.2 mi
- Tibbetts Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 5.1 mi
- Burch Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Natatoruim Park: 0.4 mi
- Railroad Park: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Park: 0.8 mi
- Cottage Avenue Park: 0.8 mi
- Wenatchee River County Park: 3.8 mi
- Deer Park Spring: 8.1 mi
- Swakane Spring: 8.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 9.1 mi
- Buck Spring: 9.6 mi
- Mission Spring: 10.5 mi
- Turbine: 8.2 mi
- Loving Embrace: 9.5 mi
- Visionary: 9.7 mi
- Cross Roads: 9.8 mi
- Emissaries: 9.9 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 1.1 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 1.1 mi
- Wildlife Viewing Blind: 9.4 mi
- Hatchery Park Ampitheater: 9.8 mi
- Wenatchee Riverfront Railway: 9.9 mi
- Snow Creek Wall: 11.4 mi
- Central Park: 11.8 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 12.4 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 12.5 mi
- Icicle Buttress: 13.1 mi
- Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 1.0 mi
- Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center: 8.4 mi
- Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center: 10.0 mi
- Nutcracker Museum & Store: 10.3 mi
- Sunny Beach: 8.2 mi
- Shore Street River Access: 9.7 mi
- Sand Bar: 10.0 mi
- Rafters Beach: 10.1 mi
- Deer Beach: 10.1 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 7.4 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 9.8 mi
- Okanogan Avenue Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 10.3 mi
- Pangborn-Herndon Memorial: 10.4 mi
- Der Ritter: 10.5 mi
- Blewett Stamp Mill: 10.6 mi
- Etienne Creek Mining Area: 11.8 mi
- B-24 Bomber Wing: 16.5 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 2.8 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 8.7 mi
- Porter's Pond Nature Area: 9.8 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 14.6 mi
- Liberty Recreation Site: 21.3 mi
- Day Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 20.9 mi
- Upper Snow Creek Falls: 14.1 mi
- Viviane Falls: 14.4 mi
- Drury Falls: 15.1 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of John Simpson Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Mountain | W 267° | 2,637 m | 15.2 mi |
| Enchantment Peak | W 263° | 2,597 m | 15.3 mi |
| McClellan Peak | WSW 258° | 2,549 m | 14.8 mi |
| The Temple | W 263° | 2,527 m | 13.8 mi |
| High Priest | W 263° | 2,510 m | 14.1 mi |
| Prusik Peak | W 263° | 2,439 m | 14.5 mi |
| Fantasia Tower | WSW 257° | 2,401 m | 15.3 mi |
| Three Brothers | WSW 246° | 2,226 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:15 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:21 | 16:14 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 32 | 39 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 69 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 4.1 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Leavenworth 3 S, 10 mi away.
- field bindweed6 obs
- arrowleaf balsamroot6 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake5 obs
- Yellow-bellied Marmot5 obs
- Western Ponderosa Pine5 obs
- European Mantis5 obs
- Antelope Bitterbrush5 obs
- Arrowleaf Buckwheat5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/375003190
Day trips start here
- Cashmere · 0 mi
- Wenatchee · 9 mi
- Leavenworth · 10 mi
- East Wenatchee · 11 mi
- Waterville · 21 mi
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