Yakima Area Arboretum
Yakima Area Arboretum is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Cleman Mountain stands 1,559 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Joyful Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP passes 3.3 miles off. 19 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 3.3 mi off the OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP
- 6.1 mi off the JCT SR 82 VIC YAKIMA TO JCT SR 82 VIC ELLENSBURG
- 14.1 mi off the Chinook Scenic Byway, National
- 14.5 mi off the White Pass Scenic Byway, National
Named places within 25 miles
- State Fair Park: 0.7 mi
- Oak Park: 0.8 mi
- Sarg Hubbard Park: 0.9 mi
- Southeast Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 1.0 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 5.7 mi
- Selah Heights: 6.9 mi
- Pushtay: 7.3 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Naches Heights: 8.9 mi
- Floyd Paxton Memorial: 3.6 mi
- War Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Beck Monument: 15.7 mi
- Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 15.9 mi
- Jewett Interpretive Center: 0.1 mi
- Yakima Valley Trolleys: 1.9 mi
- Yakima Valley Museum: 3.2 mi
- McAllister Museum of Aviation: 3.2 mi
- McAllister Museum/Civil Air Patrol: 3.2 mi
- Lookout Point: 4.8 mi
- Pacman rock: 18.5 mi
- Royal Columns: 18.6 mi
- The Bend: 19.2 mi
- Moon Rocks: 20.6 mi
- Joyful Garden: 0.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Xeric Garden Demonstration Site: 0.1 mi
- Kara Kondo Dryland Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rock Border Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rocky Top Conservation Easement: 10.4 mi
- Yakima River Canyon Preserve (TNC): 17.8 mi
- Umtanum Recreation Site: 18.4 mi
- Farm Equipment Yard: 3.5 mi
- Teapot Dome Gas Station: 15.9 mi
- Olney Spring: 13.2 mi
- Sorenson Spring: 20.4 mi
- J.J Weisenberger Spanish American war memorial statue: 1.7 mi
- picnic shelters: 5.7 mi
- Roza: 13.5 mi
- Umtanum Creek Falls: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yakima Area Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleman Mountain | NW 312° | 1,559.1 m | 24.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 270° | 1,310 m | 20.5 mi |
| Toppenish Mountain | SSW 203° | 1,099 m | 23.8 mi |
| Cairn Hope Peak | E 90° | 1,017 m | 23.4 mi |
| Cowiche Mountain | W 278° | 1,001 m | 16.3 mi |
| Baldy Mountain | N 8° | 983 m | 14.7 mi |
| Selah Butte | N 11° | 915 m | 10.3 mi |
| High Top | ESE 113° | 913 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:35 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:09 | 20:12 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:26 | 16:18 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 37 | 43 | 50 | 59 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 50 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yakima AP, 4 mi away.
- American Robin43 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird40 obs
- Canada Goose35 obs
- Golden-crowned Sparrow30 obs
- Mallard29 obs
- Northern Flicker29 obs
- House Finch29 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco28 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.
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