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Maytown Rest Area

Maytown Rest Area from directly overhead

Maytown Rest Area is a rest area in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Scatter Creek Rest Area, a rest area 2.5 miles away. JCT SR 12 VIC ELMA TO JCT SR 101 VIC TUMWATER passes 12 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Department of Transportation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.87080, -122.97009
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Scott Lake Park: 3.6 mi
  • Patrick Hunt Ball Field: 3.7 mi
  • Fort Henness Site: 4.1 mi
  • Tenino City Park: 5.8 mi
  • Independence Park: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • Lemon Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Grand Mound Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Blumauer Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Mount Molly: 8.0 mi
  • Northcraft Mountain: 8.1 mi
Historic sites: 44
Artworks: 38
  • Kids Playing: 8.4 mi
  • Frog Pond Fountain: 8.4 mi
  • Attitude Adjustment: 8.5 mi
  • Mark Twain statue: 8.5 mi
  • Mare and Colt: 8.5 mi
Museums: 24
  • Tenino Depot Museum: 5.6 mi
  • Olympic Flight Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Shady Lady: 10.6 mi
  • Henderson House Museum: 10.7 mi
  • Crosby House Museum: 10.8 mi
Gardens: 15
  • Fairie Perennial & Herb Gardens: 9.0 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 10.1 mi
  • Rain Garden: 10.5 mi
  • Capitol Sunken Garden: 11.9 mi
  • Yashiro Japanese Garden: 12.3 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 6
  • Mima Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Porter Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Kennedy Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 18.2 mi
Attractions: 5
Springs: 4
  • Silver Spring: 10.2 mi
  • McAllister Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 18.0 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 18.5 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Environmental Study Area: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of Maytown Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flash MountainNW 317°909 m11.2 mi
Capitol PeakNW 312°787 m10.6 mi
Larch MountainNW 316°774 m11.3 mi
Rock Candy MountainNW 325°701 m11.6 mi
Blue RidgeESE 118°680 m17.4 mi
Miller HillESE 107°550 m15.2 mi
Baumgard HillE 101°536 m13.6 mi
Bald HillESE 106°516 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:25
June solstice05:1820:2321:11
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5515:3516:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/160433260

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