Potholes Habitat Management Area
Potholes Habitat Management Area is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 332 m. Wahatis Peak stands 803 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Dune Lake Park, a park 4.1 miles away. JCT SR 26 TO JCT SR 17 VIC WARDEN passes 3.4 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 3 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 332 m
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the JCT SR 26 TO JCT SR 17 VIC WARDEN
- 8.2 mi off the JCT SR 395 VIC MESA TO JCT SR 97 VIC BREWSTER
- 8.2 mi off the Coulee Corridor Scenic Byway, National
71 named places within 25 miles
- Dune Lake Park: 4.1 mi
- Lower Peninsula Park: 5.8 mi
- Goodrich Park: 5.9 mi
- Blue Heron Park: 6.3 mi
- Larson Recreation Center: 6.6 mi
- Auto Museum: 6.8 mi
- Moses Lake Museum & Art Center: 9.0 mi
- Grant County Historical Museum: 22.8 mi
- Jackass Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Cash Butte: 17.1 mi
- Wahatis Peak: 17.1 mi
- Taunton: 15.0 mi
- Jericho: 23.5 mi
- White Bluffs: 25.0 mi
- Pippistrelle Cliffs Basalt Columns: 9.3 mi
- White Bluffs: 24.1 mi
- Winchester Westbound Rest Area: 12.8 mi
- Winchester Eastbound Rest Area: 13.2 mi
- Memorial Garden: 18.8 mi
- Ephrata Community Garden: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Potholes Habitat Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wahatis Peak | SSW 211° | 803 m | 17.1 mi |
| Jackass Mountain | SE 126° | 356 m | 12.7 mi |
| Cash Butte | WSW 237° | 352 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:30 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:09 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:17 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:20 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 43 | 51 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 72 | 63 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moses Lake Grant CO AP, 12 mi away.
- Western Sandpiper1 obs
- Greater Yellowlegs1 obs
- Western Grebe1 obs
- American White Pelican1 obs
- Ring-billed Gull1 obs
- Great Blue Heron1 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron1 obs
- Bald Eagle1 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 node/356541848
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