Big Rock
Big Rock rises to 163 m in Washington. Barbara Peak stands 1,835 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hoag Memorial Park (Big Rock), a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Cascade Loop passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Washington, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49012731, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 163 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 19.8 mi off the ANACORTES TO SIDNEY, BC
- 26.4 mi off the PORT TOWNSEND TO KEYSTONE
Overlooks nearby
- Samish Overlook · 15 mi
- Chuckanut Drive Heritage Marker · 17 mi
- Burnout knob · 17 mi
- Madrone Crest Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bikes: 2.8 mi
- Maple Tree: 2.9 mi
- Leaf: 3.0 mi
- Marsh to Mountains: 3.3 mi
- Alpha Helix: 3.4 mi
- Little Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Devils Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Scott Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Burlington Hill: 4.8 mi
- Sterling Hill: 5.2 mi
- Hoag Memorial Park (Big Rock): 0.0 mi
- Fire Station Park: 1.0 mi
- Beaver Pond Park: 1.3 mi
- Bakerview Wetlands: 1.5 mi
- Baker Court Park: 1.7 mi
- September 11, 2001: 3.5 mi
- Spanish American War Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Abandoned Railroad: 5.4 mi
- Seattle & Northern Railroad (GN): 5.6 mi
- Northern State Hospital Cemetery: 7.9 mi
- Children's Museum of Skagit County: 4.1 mi
- Heritage Flight Museum: 7.7 mi
- Skagit County Historical Museum: 10.9 mi
- MONA: Museum of Northwest Art: 11.0 mi
- La Conner Quilt and Textile Museum: 11.1 mi
- Chinook Swim Beach: 4.1 mi
- Joe Hamel Beach: 10.9 mi
- Martha's Beach: 12.5 mi
- Samish Beach: 15.6 mi
- Dewey Beach: 15.8 mi
- Hole in the Wall: 12.0 mi
- Prestliens Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Main Wall East: 16.9 mi
- Snag Buttress: 16.9 mi
- Rodger Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Skagit County Fairgrounds: 3.8 mi
- Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 6.4 mi
- Tulip Town: 7.5 mi
- The Old Fir Log: 11.1 mi
- Anacortes Yacht Charters: 16.6 mi
- White Bloom garden: 4.1 mi
- Forgotten Garden: 4.1 mi
- Secret Garden: 4.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 4.1 mi
- Hidden Gnome Garden: 4.2 mi
- Crystal Falls: 4.7 mi
- Gilligan Cree Falls: 6.8 mi
- Silver Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
- Chuckanut Falls: 21.0 mi
- Hard Scrabble Falls: 23.0 mi
- Ehrlich: 5.2 mi
- Skagit City: 5.6 mi
- Whitney: 9.7 mi
- Alpine: 13.7 mi
- Park: 17.1 mi
- Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area: 11.3 mi
- Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 11.6 mi
- Smokey Point Southbound Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Smokey Point Northbound Rest Area: 18.1 mi
- Rosario Picnic Area: 17.9 mi
- Group Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Green Point Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Big Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barbara Peak | NE 40° | 1,835 m | 21.4 mi |
| Trisolace Peak | NE 40° | 1,800 m | 21.5 mi |
| Shirley Peak | NE 38° | 1,774 m | 21.7 mi |
| Last Sister Peak | NE 43° | 1,695 m | 21.2 mi |
| Gee Point | E 89° | 1,464 m | 19.9 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,462 m | 15.1 mi |
| Lyman Hill | NNE 22° | 1,311 m | 12.5 mi |
| New York Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,310 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:26 | 21:15 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:59 | 15:23 | 16:17 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 45 | 50 | 56 | 60 | 64 | 64 | 59 | 51 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 2.9 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sedro-woolley, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/3674121783
Day trips start here
- Mount Vernon · 3 mi
- Burlington · 4 mi
- Sedro-Woolley · 6 mi
- La Conner · 11 mi
- Edison · 12 mi
- Northwest Washington · 14 mi
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