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Lake Wilderness Arboretum

Lake Wilderness Arboretum from directly overhead

Lake Wilderness Arboretum is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Mailbox Peak stands 1,476 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Legacy Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM passes 10 miles off.

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Coordinates47.38108, -122.03903

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Legacy Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Rhododendron Glen: 0.1 mi
  • Perennial Border: 0.1 mi
  • Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Hydrangea Collection: 0.1 mi
Attractions
  • Lake Wilderness Lodge: 0.1 mi
  • Hobart Yellow Submarine: 3.3 mi
  • Petroglyph: 3.3 mi
  • Trinity Tree Farm: 6.5 mi
  • Franklin Ghost Town: 6.9 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • The Woods at Lake Wilderness Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Parkhaven Place Neighborhood Park: 0.2 mi
  • Belmont Woods Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Valley Green Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Northpoint at Maple Centre Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
  • Fire Engine Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Gibbon Store - Maple Valley Historical Society Museum: 0.4 mi
  • Black Diamond Historical Museum: 5.2 mi
  • Greater Kent Historical Society: 8.7 mi
  • White River Valley Museum: 10.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • BN Peninsula Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • Shire Hills Drainage: 1.9 mi
  • Elk Run Natural Area: 2.0 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 2.1 mi
  • Tall Timbers Greenspace: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 5.0 mi
  • Walsh: 5.2 mi
  • Taylor: 6.4 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain North Summit: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 41
Picnic sites: 38
  • Site #4: 0.4 mi
  • Site #5: 0.4 mi
  • Site #6: 0.4 mi
  • Site #8: 0.4 mi
  • Site #7: 0.4 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 7.4 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • Canyon Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Lake Wilderness Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mailbox PeakENE 73°1,476 m19.5 mi
Mount TeneriffeENE 61°1,459 m18.3 mi
Green MountainENE 61°1,431 m19.5 mi
Dixie PeakENE 57°1,404 m18.0 mi
Blowdown MountainENE 58°1,400 m17.3 mi
Greenway MountainE 84°1,356 m16.9 mi
Mount WashingtonE 79°1,346 m16.2 mi
Crater Lake PeakENE 57°1,326 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1220:2121:09
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5315:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559646459504338
Precip in8.05.46.25.53.93.11.31.62.85.88.57.5

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard43 obs
  • western sword fern41 obs
  • salal37 obs
  • Cascade Oregon-grape37 obs
  • Northern Red Belt27 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle26 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco25 obs
  • western redcedar25 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/422104755

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