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Redmond Watershed Preserve

Redmond Watershed Preserve from directly overhead

Redmond Watershed Preserve is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Mount Persis stands 1,665 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Siedel Creek Dam Ruins, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 3.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Redmond
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.71048, -122.04880

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Redmond Watershed Addition Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tuscany Community Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kathryn Taylor Equestrian Park: 1.4 mi
  • Village Green: 1.5 mi
  • Redmond Ridge Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Ring Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Novelty Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Union Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Mount Forest: 5.3 mi
  • Tolt Hill: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Sunrise Cremation Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Green Burial Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Duvall Food Forest: 4.0 mi
  • Doolittle Art Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Kokopelli Gardens: 4.5 mi
Attractions
  • Adams Bench Winery: 3.7 mi
  • Challenger Ridge Winery: 4.4 mi
  • Hollywood Hill Winery: 4.5 mi
  • Goose Ridge Winery: 4.5 mi
  • Airfield Estates: 4.5 mi
Museums
  • DeYoung House: 5.5 mi
  • Camlann Medieval Village: 6.8 mi
  • Kirkland Heritage Society: 7.8 mi
  • KidsQuest Children's Museum: 9.2 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 10.7 mi
Beaches: 51
Waterfalls: 43
Picnic sites: 29
  • The Clearing: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 9.4 mi
  • Site #2: 10.6 mi
  • Site #1: 10.6 mi
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 16
Ghost towns: 8
Lighthouses: 8
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Redmond Watershed Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount PersisENE 75°1,665 m21.0 mi
Dixie PeakSE 130°1,404 m20.3 mi
Blowdown MountainSE 132°1,400 m20.3 mi
Appomattox SpireE 85°1,359 m20.6 mi
Mount LeeE 86°1,338 m20.7 mi
Crater Lake PeakSE 132°1,326 m19.9 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓SE 134°1,254 m20.2 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSSE 147°1,004 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1120:2221:11
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5515:2616:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384043485458636358504237
Precip in6.54.55.24.33.42.71.21.32.75.07.26.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monroe, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northwestern Salamander484 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug153 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog133 obs
  • Pacific trillium99 obs
  • Salmonberry81 obs
  • western sword fern79 obs
  • Red Huckleberry75 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart65 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/479215139

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