Nichols Park
Nichols Park is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Triangle Peak stands 1,675 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Tikishla Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Alaska Railroad passes 1.7 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Alaska Railroad
- 0.8 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
- 1.6 mi off the Seward Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ship Creek Overlook · 3 mi
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 3 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 10 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tikishla Park: 0.5 mi
- Williwaw Park: 0.8 mi
- Goose Lake Park: 0.8 mi
- Sitka Street Park: 0.9 mi
- San Antonio Park: 0.9 mi
- Snow Hawk Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Near Point: 6.7 mi
- Nunaka Point: 7.6 mi
- Rusty Point: 7.6 mi
- Kanchee Peak: 7.9 mi
- Hugh M. Elmendorf monument: 2.3 mi
- Nixon-Hirohito monument: 2.4 mi
- Eisenhower Alaska Statehood Monument: 2.5 mi
- James J. Delaney Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Given…by the Great Land: 2.7 mi
- Snowshoe: 1.1 mi
- Alaska's Marine Life: 2.4 mi
- Racing in the Footsteps of a Legend: 2.4 mi
- Focus on Statehood: 2.5 mi
- Flight of the Raven: 2.5 mi
- Fairview Gardens: 1.5 mi
- McPhee Gardens: 1.9 mi
- Garden of Eatin': 2.4 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Alaska Museum of Science and Nature: 1.4 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 1.8 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 2.2 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 2.3 mi
- LumaLim: 2.4 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 2.4 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 2.4 mi
- Dall Sheep: 5.6 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 10.7 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 18.1 mi
- South Fork Falls: 12.7 mi
- Niagara Falls: 12.8 mi
- Heritage Falls: 20.4 mi
- Thunder Bird Falls: 22.4 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 4.2 mi
- Beaver Beach: 15.8 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 1.2 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 4.5 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 12.9 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Nichols Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Triangle Peak | ESE 106° | 1,675 m | 16.1 mi |
| Mount Williwaw | SE 125° | 1,660 m | 12.4 mi |
| Temptation Peak | ESE 106° | 1,641 m | 10.3 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | ESE 117° | 1,633 m | 10.9 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | ESE 118° | 1,605 m | 10.3 mi |
| The Ramp | SE 131° | 1,597 m | 12.3 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | ESE 116° | 1,594 m | 9.8 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | SE 133° | 1,570 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:17 | 20:14 |
| June solstice | 04:21 | 22:16 | 23:43 |
| September equinox | 07:44 | 19:04 | 20:01 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | — | 15:42 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 15 | 20 | 26 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 36 | 23 | 18 |
| Precip in | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage Merrill FLD, 1 mi away.
- American Dipper204 obs
- Bald Eagle150 obs
- Moose128 obs
- Black-billed Magpie113 obs
- Fly Agaric104 obs
- Common Merganser92 obs
- Mallard87 obs
- Common Raven65 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/310753200
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 2 mi
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