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Hemple Creek Day Use Area

Hemple Creek Day Use Area from directly overhead

Hemple Creek Day Use Area is a picnic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 322 m. Whitehorse Mountain stands 2,092 m to the north-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Richardson Bridge, a park 1.5 miles away. JCT WOODS CREEK RD NEAR MONROE TO JCT US 97 NEAR PESHASTIN passes 14 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
USDA Forest Service
Fee
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.07833, -121.74612

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richardson Bridge: 1.5 mi
  • Robe Canyon Historic Trail Park: 7.0 mi
  • Masonic Family Park: 7.7 mi
  • Robe Canyon Park: 8.6 mi
  • West Lake Roesiger Park: 9.4 mi
Peaks
Waterfalls: 42
Historic sites: 33
  • Car Wreak: 5.6 mi
  • Lime Kiln: 8.0 mi
  • Hotel Fireplace Remains: 10.7 mi
  • Everett & Monte Cristo Railway: 11.7 mi
  • Everett & Monte Cristo Railway: 12.9 mi
Nature reserves: 21
  • Henry M. Jackson Hydroelectric Project: 9.4 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 17.4 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 17.7 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 18.1 mi
  • Native Growth Protection Area: 18.5 mi
Attractions: 9
Artworks: 9
  • Falls Mural: 10.3 mi
  • One choice mural.: 10.3 mi
  • Snohomish Rock: 19.2 mi
  • Dogtown Z Board: 21.3 mi
  • Hanging Rock: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Oso Mudslide: 15.1 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 19.4 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 19.5 mi
  • Moai: 19.5 mi
  • Index Town Wall: 19.5 mi
Museums: 7
  • Granite Falls Historical Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Lake Stevens Historical Museum: 15.4 mi
  • Monroe Historical Society: 18.5 mi
  • Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Museum: 19.5 mi
  • Blackman Museum: 19.9 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Gardens: 6
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Normandy Beach: 15.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Hemple Creek Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Whitehorse MountainNNE 19°2,092 m9.7 mi
Del Campo PeakESE 115°2,016 m14.1 mi
Three FingersNNE 23°1,984 m6.9 mi
Gothic PeakESE 118°1,895 m14.1 mi
Big Four MountainESE 104°1,880 m10.6 mi
Vesper PeakESE 113°1,871 m11.5 mi
Morning Star PeakESE 113°1,834 m12.9 mi
Mount ForgottenE 84°1,831 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:0820:2221:11
September equinox06:5418:2619:07
December solstice07:5515:2316:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353842485660666660494035
Precip in12.88.69.35.63.72.91.31.73.48.513.212.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Darrington RS, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5224732985

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