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Valley Creek Estuary Park

Valley Creek Estuary Park from directly overhead

Valley Creek Estuary Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Carrie stands 2,125 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Pebble Beach Park, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 0.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Port Angeles Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.12215, -123.43750

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Pleasant: 5.9 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • First Top: 7.3 mi
  • McDonald Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Second Top: 8.0 mi
Parks: 50
  • Pebble Beach Park: 0.1 mi
  • James Viewpoint: 0.2 mi
  • Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain Park: 0.3 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.3 mi
  • City Pier & Hollywood Beach: 0.4 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Adventures Through Kayaking: 3.2 mi
  • Olympic Cellars Winery: 6.7 mi
  • Rain Shadow Lavender Farm: 11.4 mi
  • Llamas: 13.2 mi
  • Zebras: 13.2 mi
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 6
  • Peace Through Trade Bell: 0.4 mi
  • 9-11 Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Giant Sea Lion Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Military Service Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Dungeness School House: 14.3 mi
Artworks: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Hot springs: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Crescent Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Murdock Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Twin River Surf Beach: 23.7 mi
  • West Twin Beach: 23.9 mi
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hot spring #30: 14.0 mi
  • Hot spring #31: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Valley Creek Estuary Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarrieSSW 212°2,125 m18.5 mi
Mount FairchildSSW 211°2,108 m17.8 mi
Ruth PeakSSW 209°2,088 m18.6 mi
Elk MountainSSE 164°2,064.4 m14.2 mi
Moose PeakSSE 169°2,058.3 m16.8 mi
Mount MichaelSSW 211°2,057 m18.4 mi
McCartney PeakS 173°2,051 m18.6 mi
Grand Pass PeakSSE 169°2,042.5 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:27
June solstice05:1420:2921:18
September equinox07:0118:3219:13
December solstice08:0215:2916:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414244485457616158504441
Precip in3.82.42.41.61.11.10.50.71.23.24.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Angeles, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Harlequin Duck143 obs
  • Mule Deer112 obs
  • Harbor Seal93 obs
  • Common Loon92 obs
  • Canada Goose83 obs
  • Devil's Club83 obs
  • Olympic Gull82 obs
  • North American River Otter77 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/37516032

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