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Horse Picnic Area

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Horse Picnic Area is a picnic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 340 m. McClellan Butte stands 1,557 m to the east, 16 miles off. JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM passes 5.6 miles off.

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Coordinates47.43448, -121.95635

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Walsh: 1.3 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain: 1.8 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain North Summit: 1.9 mi
  • Taylor: 2.0 mi
  • Taylor Mountain: 3.2 mi
Parks
  • Levdansky Park: 2.5 mi
  • Mirrormont Park: 2.9 mi
  • Lake Francis Park: 3.0 mi
  • Four Lakes Neighborhood Park: 3.6 mi
  • Fred V. Habenicht Rotary Park: 4.4 mi
Attractions
  • Tiger Summit Trailhead (east Tiger Mountain State Forest): 2.5 mi
  • Hobart Yellow Submarine: 2.6 mi
  • Petroglyph: 4.2 mi
  • Trinity Tree Farm: 4.8 mi
  • Lake Wilderness Lodge: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • BN Peninsula Natural Area: 4.5 mi
  • Lower Peterson Creek Corridor Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • Larry Phillips Natural Area: 5.1 mi
  • Issaquah Creek Natural Area: 6.1 mi
  • Jones Reach Natural Area: 6.2 mi
Gardens
  • Legacy Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Rhododendron Glen: 5.4 mi
  • Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Perennial Border: 5.4 mi
  • Japanese Maple Garden: 5.5 mi
Museums: 60
  • Gibbon Store - Maple Valley Historical Society Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Fire Engine Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Gilman Town Hall: 7.5 mi
  • Issaquah Depot Museum: 7.6 mi
  • Cedar River Watershed Education Center: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 37
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 3.6 mi
  • Snoqualmie Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 10.0 mi
Beaches: 36
Picnic sites: 35
  • Horse Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
  • Brandi Carlile Stage: 5.3 mi
  • Site #6: 5.6 mi
  • Site #4: 5.6 mi
  • Site #5: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 13
Lighthouses: 11
Springs: 3
  • Canyon Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Horse Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McClellan ButteE 97°1,557 m15.7 mi
Mount KentE 101°1,551 m16.1 mi
Moolock MountainENE 62°1,514 m16.6 mi
Dirtybox PeakE 84°1,501 m15.2 mi
Mailbox PeakE 82°1,476 m14.9 mi
Mount TeneriffeENE 67°1,459 m13.2 mi
Green MountainENE 66°1,431 m14.4 mi
Dirty Harry's PeakE 86°1,426 m15.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1220:2121:09
September equinox06:5518:2719:07
December solstice07:5315:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559646459504338
Precip in8.05.46.25.53.93.11.31.62.85.88.57.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Landsburg, 4 mi away.

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10578276713

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