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Mark Twain Park

Mark Twain Park from directly overhead

Mark Twain Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 107 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Heron, a artwork 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 1.6 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates47.69575, -122.16600

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Blue Heron: 0.3 mi
  • Beaver: 0.5 mi
  • Changing Workplace, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: 0.6 mi
  • Post Tensioned Obelisk: 0.7 mi
  • Hummingbird: 0.7 mi
Parks
  • North Rose Hill Woodlands Park: 0.6 mi
  • Forbes Lake Park: 0.8 mi
  • Spinney Homestead Park: 0.9 mi
  • Forbes Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Forbes Lake Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Doolittle Art Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Green Burial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Sunrise Cremation Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Magnuson Community Garden: 4.4 mi
  • The Snail: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 4.6 mi
  • Brightwater Park: 6.6 mi
  • Kingfisher Natural Area: 6.7 mi
  • Waldo Woods: 6.8 mi
  • Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 6.9 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Norway Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Kite Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Promontory Point: 4.4 mi
  • Ring Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 3.9 mi
  • The Clearing: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.8 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 7.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.9 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Waterwall: 6.0 mi
  • McCauley Falls: 10.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.2 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Licton Springs: 8.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakESE 120°1,404 m24.2 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 121°1,400 m24.1 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 121°1,326 m23.7 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 123°1,254 m23.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSE 134°1,004 m23.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakSE 134°994.257 m22.5 mi
East Tiger MountainSE 144°913 m17.6 mi
West Tiger #1SE 146°891 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1120:2321:11
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Cottontail88 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco79 obs
  • Mallard76 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver64 obs
  • Song Sparrow52 obs
  • American Crow49 obs
  • American Robin49 obs
  • Steller's Jay48 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/48782715

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