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Pillar Point Recreation Area

Pillar Point Recreation Area from directly overhead

Pillar Point Recreation Area is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. South Appleton stands 1,859 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Tree Bluff, a cliff 4.9 miles away. BOUNDARY OF MAKAH INDIAN RES TO VIC LAIRDS CORNER runs past it. 95 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

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Coordinates48.19884, -124.09989

Overlooks nearby

Around it

95 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 47
  • Burnt Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Snider Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Deadmans Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Mount Muller: 9.4 mi
  • Ellis Mountain: 10.3 mi
Parks: 11
  • Camp Rad Park: 7.3 mi
  • Clallam Bay West County Park: 8.8 mi
  • Lake Pleasant Community Beach County Park: 14.8 mi
  • Lake Sutherland Water Access Area: 19.9 mi
  • Sol Duc River Bar Access Area: 20.2 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Ancient Groves: 16.3 mi
  • Devil’s Punchbowl: 16.5 mi
  • Twilight Tours in Forks: 21.7 mi
  • Bella's Trucks: 22.6 mi
  • Hall of Mosses: 24.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Historic sites: 5
Museums: 5
Hot springs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • West Twin Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Twin River Surf Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Murdock Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Crescent Beach: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Crescent School Garden: 16.9 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Sasquatch: 19.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pillar Point Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South AppletonSE 136°1,859 m24.3 mi
Mount AppletonSE 135°1,821 m24.1 mi
Boulder PeakSE 135°1,715 m22.3 mi
Lizard Head PeakSE 126°1,633 m21.7 mi
Everett PeakSE 134°1,585 m23.2 mi
Happy Lake Ridge-West PeakSE 128°1,570 m20.4 mi
Happy Crystal RidgeSE 129°1,570 m22.5 mi
Crystal RidgeSE 131°1,539 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4819:29
June solstice05:1720:3221:21
September equinox07:0418:3519:16
December solstice08:0515:3116:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414244485458626259514440
Precip in19.111.714.39.45.03.72.12.84.811.718.117.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Forks 1 E, 21 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Yellow Shore Crab31 obs
  • Purple Shore Crab13 obs
  • Nuttall's Cockle10 obs
  • Dungeness Crab7 obs
  • Rockweed isopod7 obs
  • Great Blue Heron6 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star6 obs
  • purple foxglove6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/256662056

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