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Pacific Beach State Park

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Pacific Beach State Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Bell Mountain stands 833 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is West Hill Park, a park 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 101 VIC HOQUIAM TO TAHOLAH runs past it. 9 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.20591, -124.20256

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Hill Park: 0.7 mi
  • Woodland Promenade: 0.7 mi
  • Beach Camp Park: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Amphitheater: 0.7 mi
  • Garden Promenade: 0.7 mi
Artworks: 19
Museums: 10
Peaks: 9
Historic sites: 7
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 4
Lighthouses: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Sunset Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Pocket Beach: 24.8 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Copalis National Wildlife Refuge: 11.8 mi
  • Weatherwax Nature Preserve: 15.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Events on Emerson: 21.5 mi
  • Kurt Cobain's Childhood Home: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cascade Falls: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bell MountainNE 47°833 m23.7 mi
Cougar MountainENE 72°504 m22.3 mi
Lone MountainNNE 31°353 m20.8 mi
Burnt HillENE 62°347 m17.8 mi
Thimble MountainNNE 26°242 m19.9 mi
Macafee HillNE 55°199 m10.6 mi
Saddle HillSSE 158°88 m10.9 mi
Garfield Gas MoundNNW 335°81 m11.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:4919:30
June solstice05:2220:2921:17
September equinox07:0418:3619:16
December solstice08:0115:3816:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404143465256606057494339
Precip in18.711.313.28.64.53.61.62.54.611.218.317.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Humptulips Salmon Hatchery, 10 mi away.

  • Eccentric Sand Dollar61 obs
  • Dungeness Crab54 obs
  • Pacific Razor Clam43 obs
  • By-the-wind Sailor22 obs
  • Pacific Sea Nettle21 obs
  • American searocket21 obs
  • twinberry honeysuckle19 obs
  • seaside pea18 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/238394386

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