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Travelers Rest Rest Area

Travelers Rest Rest Area from directly overhead

Travelers Rest Rest Area is a rest area in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 916 m. Lemah Mountain stands 2,280 m to the northeast, 7.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 runs past it.

What to expect

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Washington State Department of Transportation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.42089, -121.41131

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 58
  • Hyak Sno-Parks: 2.2 mi
  • French Cabin Creek Recreation Area: 14.7 mi
  • French Cabin Sno Park: 14.8 mi
  • Dahlgren Family Park: 16.4 mi
  • Tanner Landing Park: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 55
Historic sites: 18
Cliffs: 10
  • Osprey Wall: 1.1 mi
  • Alpental Cliffs: 1.8 mi
  • Spouse Wall: 10.7 mi
  • Lower Pratt Climbing Area: 11.4 mi
  • East Quartz Camp: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Attractions: 9
  • Tubing Park: 0.8 mi
  • Amazonia: 12.4 mi
  • Actual Cave: 12.4 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 12.4 mi
  • Semi Wall: 12.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
Museums: 8
  • Washington State Ski & Snowboard Museum: 0.1 mi
  • Cedar River Watershed Education Center: 17.0 mi
  • Snoqualmie Valley Historical Museum: 18.3 mi
  • Northwest Railway Museum, Train Hall: 19.9 mi
  • Skykomish Historical Society: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Hot springs: 2
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Speelyi Beach: 19.7 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Jean Caithness Greenlees Grove: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 7.5 miles of Travelers Rest Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lemah MountainNE2,280 m7.1 mi
Chikamin PeakNE2,110 m6.0 mi
Three QueensENE2,038 m6.8 mi
Mount ThomsonNNE1,998 m4.3 mi
Hibox MountainE1,996 m5.2 mi
Burntboot PeakNE1,987 m6.8 mi
Four BrothersENE1,977 m5.9 mi
Huckleberry MountainNE1,926 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3819:18
June solstice05:0920:1921:07
September equinox06:5318:2519:05
December solstice07:5115:2516:18

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293035394652596055443428
Precip in11.77.98.86.54.73.31.31.63.99.013.712.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stampede Pass, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1366742193

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