Vernita Safety Rest Area
Vernita Safety Rest Area is a rest area in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 134 m. Lookout Summit stands 1,106 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Haven, a ghost town 2.6 miles away. 51 named places lie within 25 miles, 16 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Washington State Department of Transportation
How to reach it
51 named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Mountain National Wildlife Refuge: 6.0 mi
- Jackson Creek Fish Camp: 6.4 mi
- Desert Aire Park: 9.9 mi
- Priest Rapids Recreation Area: 10.0 mi
- Hund Memorial Park: 10.9 mi
- Gable Butte: 6.2 mi
- Emerson Nipple: 6.3 mi
- Gable Mountain: 10.4 mi
- Horsethief Point: 10.7 mi
- Cairn Hope Peak: 12.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 9.3 mi
- Lower Snivley Spring: 12.4 mi
- Snively Spring: 12.9 mi
- Benson Spring: 13.5 mi
- Doke Spring: 14.4 mi
- Haven: 2.6 mi
- White Bluffs: 11.8 mi
- Jericho: 13.9 mi
- Hanford: 16.7 mi
- Taunton: 21.5 mi
- B Reactor Building: 4.0 mi
- NSF LIGO - Exploration Center: 20.2 mi
- IEEE Commemoration Plaque: 19.9 mi
- APS Commemoration Plaque: 20.1 mi
- White Bluffs: 14.2 mi
- Gravity Hill: 19.1 mi
- Horn Rapids County Park: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Vernita Safety Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Summit | SSW 202° | 1,106 m | 14.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSE 161° | 1,076 m | 17.0 mi |
| Cairn Hope Peak | WSW 254° | 1,017 m | 12.2 mi |
| High Top | WSW 238° | 913 m | 20.5 mi |
| Wahatis Peak | NE 35° | 803 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sentinel Mountain | NNW 334° | 733 m | 13.9 mi |
| Eagle Peak | WSW 241° | 696 m | 23.4 mi |
| Emerson Nipple | WSW 249° | 675 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:03 | 18:32 | 19:12 |
| June solstice | 05:06 | 20:10 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 06:47 | 18:19 | 18:58 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:23 | 16:14 |
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 | 35 | 40 | 47 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 79 | 78 | 69 | 56 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Rapids DAM, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/75449721
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