Whitman Mission National Historic Site
Whitman Mission National Historic Site is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 189 m. Yellow Jacket Point stands 1,751 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mission House, a historic site 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 124 VIC TRI CITIES TO 24 MILES WEST OF SR 129 VIC CLARKSTON passes 0.6 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What to expect
How to reach it
112 named places within 25 miles
- Frenchtown Monument: 2.1 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 4.1 mi
- Lions City Park: 4.4 mi
- Historic Poor Farm Cemetery: 4.5 mi
- Columbia Heights: 8.7 mi
- Milton Hill: 9.8 mi
- Bowlus Hill: 11.9 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Pikes Peak: 14.9 mi
- Mission House: 0.3 mi
- First House: 0.3 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 0.3 mi
- Alice Whitman Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Emigrant House: 0.4 mi
- Arthur C. Rempel Nature Area: 5.1 mi
- Fishhook Habitat Management Unit: 23.1 mi
- Shoreline Road Recreation Area: 23.5 mi
- Mill Creek Watershed: 23.7 mi
- Lake Emma: 24.5 mi
- Russell Spring: 17.9 mi
- Sheep Spring: 19.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 20.9 mi
- Cub Spring: 21.9 mi
- Deduct Spring: 24.8 mi
- Whitman Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Brushes N' Brix: 9.8 mi
- Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 21.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 3.7 mi
- Italian Garden: 4.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
- Jesus Among Us: 3.8 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 6.0 mi
- Styx sculpture by Deborah Butterfield: 7.0 mi
- Fort Walla Walla Museum: 5.0 mi
- Frazier Farmstead and Museum: 9.4 mi
- Bruce Memorial Museum: 21.7 mi
- Wallula Wall (Upper): 22.1 mi
- Wallula Wall (Lower): 22.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whitman Mission National Historic Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Jacket Point | ESE 113° | 1,751 m | 24.3 mi |
| McIntyre | SE 134° | 1,616 m | 23.7 mi |
| Green Peak | E 89° | 1,565 m | 24.1 mi |
| Lewis Peak | E 87° | 1,492 m | 22.6 mi |
| Blalock Mountain | SE 129° | 1,392 m | 20.6 mi |
| Pikes Peak | ESE 107° | 1,367 m | 17.3 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | SSE 148° | 1,252 m | 24.2 mi |
| Klicker Mountain | E 93° | 1,177 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:27 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:03 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:14 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 15:21 | 16:12 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitman Mission, under a mile away.
- Red-tailed Hawk26 obs
- Song Sparrow19 obs
- Wild Turkey13 obs
- Swainson's Hawk12 obs
- Northern Flicker11 obs
- American Bullfrog11 obs
- Bewick's Wren10 obs
- American Kestrel9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/113471807
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