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Lakewold Gardens

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Lakewold Gardens is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Black Hill stands 153 m to the southwest, 7.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Rock Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE passes 6.4 miles off.

What to expect

Fee
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Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.14635, -122.53585

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Rock Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Shade Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Parterres: 0.0 mi
  • Fern Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Knot Garden: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ponders Park: 0.8 mi
  • Carter Lake Park: 1.1 mi
  • Primley Park: 1.2 mi
  • Harry Todd Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Porter Hills: 1.3 mi
  • Westcott Hills: 1.8 mi
  • Kay Hill: 2.2 mi
  • McCall Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Lister Hill: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
  • In Memory Of Scott & Sis: 2.1 mi
  • Waughop Lake Trail Improvement Project: 2.1 mi
  • Lakewood Historical Marker - Western State Hospital Historical Cemetery: 2.2 mi
  • Hill Ward Chimney Relic: 2.2 mi
  • The Hill Ward: 2.3 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves: 57
  • Kobayashi Perserve: 3.6 mi
  • Parkland Prairie Nature Reserve: 4.4 mi
  • Riconosciuto Park: 4.4 mi
  • Clover Creek Reserve: 5.5 mi
  • Nature Reserve / Flood Control Area: 5.5 mi
Museums: 55
  • Lakewood History Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Washington National Guard Museum: 2.6 mi
  • McChord Air Museum: 2.6 mi
  • McChord Air Museum Heritage Hill Airpark: 2.7 mi
  • Steilacoom Historical Museum: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 19
  • South Beach: 3.8 mi
  • North Beach: 4.6 mi
  • South Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Point: 0.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Environmental Study Area: 9.5 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 10.9 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 8
  • Garrison Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 10.4 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Nisqually Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Victor Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Wildcat Falls: 22.9 mi
  • Little Mashel Lower Falls: 23.9 mi
  • Little Mashel Middle Falls: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.6 miles of Lakewold Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillSW 227°153 m7.5 mi
Goodman HillSW 224°145 m7.4 mi
Kelly HillSSW 207°140 m6.7 mi
Bare HillSW 227°136 m7.1 mi
Eastman HillS 171°132 m6.5 mi
Woodward HillSSW 200°132 m7.1 mi
Folsom HillS 169°130 m6.6 mi
Swift HillSSW 205°130 m6.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:1520:2221:10
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5415:3116:24

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346495660656561524541
Precip in6.14.14.63.42.11.40.70.91.54.37.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 9 mi away.

  • giant white fawn lily23 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver21 obs
  • Douglas-fir20 obs
  • Oregon grape13 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog10 obs
  • Pacific trillium10 obs
  • European holly10 obs
  • Spotted Towhee9 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/1481029212

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