Rest area · Washington
Prosser Rest Area
Prosser Rest Area is a rest area in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 221 m. Lookout Summit stands 1,106 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Village Park, a park 0.7 miles away. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Washington State Department of Transportation
How to reach it
Coordinates46.22061, -119.79036
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Village Park: 0.7 mi
- Grant Street Park: 1.1 mi
- Crawford Riverfront Park: 1.2 mi
- Farrand Park: 1.3 mi
- E. J. Miller Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks: 30
- Gibbon: 5.0 mi
- Royer Hill: 7.1 mi
- Sagebrush Ridge: 7.5 mi
- Grandview Butte: 7.8 mi
- Chandler Butte: 11.0 mi
Nature reserves: 10
- Riverfront Park: 15.2 mi
- Horn Rapids County Park: 18.6 mi
- Paul Keith Wetland Reserve: 20.6 mi
- Tapteal Bend: 22.6 mi
- Horn Rapids Natural Open Space: 22.9 mi
Springs: 8
- Upper Snively Spring: 14.6 mi
- Katie Fleck Spring: 14.8 mi
- Snively Spring: 16.3 mi
- Lower Snivley Spring: 16.8 mi
- Benson Spring: 17.0 mi
Historic sites: 7
- McBee Grade B: 13.2 mi
- Uranus: 14.2 mi
- Wildcat Rock: 21.4 mi
- The Final Tribute: 21.8 mi
- Westcliffe Monument: 23.2 mi
Artworks: 6
- Neptune Orbital Marker: 2.9 mi
- Cougar Oil: 3.4 mi
- Complexity of Youth: 23.5 mi
- Big World: 24.2 mi
- Lion of Judah: 24.4 mi
Museums: 5
- Prosser Historical Museum: 1.7 mi
- R E Powell Museum: 5.8 mi
- Grandview Museum: 5.9 mi
- Sunnyside Museum: 12.8 mi
- NSF LIGO - Exploration Center: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 2
- Harold E Willmsen Memorial Garden: 3.4 mi
- Prayer Gardens: 24.3 mi
Attractions: 2
- Country Park Event Center & Fair Grounds: 7.0 mi
- Gravity Hill: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Prosser Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Summit | N 351° | 1,106 m | 15.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,076 m | 15.4 mi |
| High Top | NW 321° | 913 m | 23.2 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NW 315° | 696 m | 24.7 mi |
| Chandler Butte | E 80° | 622 m | 11.0 mi |
| Gibbon | E 97° | 565 m | 5.0 mi |
| Dead Dog Launch | E 84° | 556 m | 13.5 mi |
| Kisūmxi Mountain | WNW 283° | 546 m | 24.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:32 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:08 | 20:09 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:59 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 15:26 | 16:16 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 38 | 45 | 52 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prosser, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/394566548
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