Rest area · Washington

Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area

Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area from directly overhead

Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area is a rest area in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 88 m. South Twin stands 2,123 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area, a rest area 0.3 miles away. JCT STARBIRD RD TO JCT BOW HILL RD-- SCENIC AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR passes 1.7 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by: Washington State Department of Transportation

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Coordinates48.58147, -122.34414

1.7 mi off the JCT STARBIRD RD TO JCT BOW HILL RD-- SCENIC AGRICULTURAL CORRIDOR
3.6 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC BURLINGTON TO JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM
3.7 mi off the JCT BLANCHARD RD OVERCROSSING TO VIC LARABEE STATE PARK
5.3 mi off the JCT SR 530 VIC ARLINGTON TO CANADIAN BORDER

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Donovan Park: 1.1 mi
Pomona Grange Park: 1.4 mi
Squires Lake Park: 4.4 mi
Smith & Vallee Sculpture Park: 4.7 mi
Allen Community Park: 5.0 mi

Peaks

Humphrey Hill: 1.2 mi
Butler Hill: 3.3 mi
Anderson Mountain: 4.2 mi
Chuckanut Mountain: 4.3 mi
Sterling Hill: 6.1 mi

Nature reserves

Butler Creek Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
Blanchard State Forest: 4.0 mi
Green Road Marsh Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
Samish River - Koetje Conservation Area: 4.7 mi
Samish River - Ochs Conservation Area: 5.0 mi

Artworks

Sprouted Bumbershoot: 6.8 mi
Yellow Rock: 8.9 mi
Unemployment Line: 9.0 mi
Scorpion: 9.0 mi
Evolution: 9.1 mi

Historic sites52

Abandoned Railroad: 7.1 mi
Seattle & Northern Railroad (GN): 7.1 mi
Abandoned Railroad: 7.1 mi
Northern State Hospital Cemetery: 7.7 mi
American Legion Tribute Memorial to Saxon cemetery veterans: 10.5 mi

Beaches23

Dogfish beach south: 6.2 mi
dogfish beach: 6.3 mi
Samish Beach: 8.0 mi
Joe Hamel Beach: 9.0 mi
Public Access Beach: 11.6 mi

Museums22

Lake Whatcom Steam Railway: 7.6 mi
Children's Museum of Skagit County: 8.7 mi
Heritage Flight Museum: 8.8 mi
Whatcom Maritime Heritage Museum: 12.4 mi
W.T. Preston Museum: 12.9 mi

Gardens18

Samish Island Acres Community Garden: 7.1 mi
Roozen Gaarde: 11.7 mi
Biology garden plot: 12.3 mi
Rose Garden: 12.5 mi
York Community Farm: 12.8 mi

Attractions13

Sedro Woolley Rodeo Grounds: 7.6 mi
I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 9.1 mi
Tulip Town: 11.3 mi
Skagit County Fairgrounds: 12.0 mi
Jolly Mon Charters: 13.0 mi

Waterfalls12

Silver Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
Chuckanut Falls: 9.9 mi
Whirlpool Falls: 12.4 mi
Gilligan Cree Falls: 12.7 mi
Hard Scrabble Falls: 13.4 mi

Cliffs12

Yellow Bluff: 14.5 mi
Devils Slide: 15.6 mi
Main Wall East: 15.8 mi
Snag Buttress: 15.8 mi
Hole in the Wall: 16.3 mi

Picnic sites9

Group Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
Green Point Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
Rosario Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
6: 20.3 mi
5: 20.3 mi

Ghost towns7

Park: 7.4 mi
Whitney: 10.9 mi
Standard: 13.0 mi
Skagit City: 13.7 mi
Ehrlich: 16.5 mi

Rest areas1

Bow Hill Southbound Rest Area: 0.3 mi

Springs1

Cold Spring: 23.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Bow Hill Northbound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
South Twin	ENE 62°	2,123 m	18.4 mi
North Twin	ENE 59°	2,024 m	18.3 mi
Skookum Peak	ENE 63°	2,018 m	18.4 mi
Little Sister	ENE 65°	2,012 m	18.5 mi
Jaw's Tooth	ENE 63°	1,981 m	18.4 mi
Kloke Peak	ENE 64°	1,975 m	18.1 mi
Barbara Peak	ENE 72°	1,835 m	18.6 mi
Trisolace Peak	ENE 71°	1,800 m	18.5 mi

Conditions

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	21:16
September equinox	06:57	18:28	19:09
December solstice	08:00	15:22	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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Official site

OpenStreetMap element way/160674962

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