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Vernita Safety Rest Area

Vernita Safety Rest Area from directly overhead

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. JCT SR 26 TO JCT SR 17 VIC WARDEN passes 20 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 17 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Washington State Department of Transportation

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Getting there

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Coordinates46.63824, -119.73083
Around it

52 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 17
  • 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
Parks: 16
  • 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
Springs: 7
  • 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
Ghost towns: 5
Museums: 2
Historic sites: 2
  • IEEE Commemoration Plaque: 19.9 mi
  • APS Commemoration Plaque: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Gravity Hill: 19.1 mi
Nature reserves: 1
  • Horn Rapids County Park: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout SummitSSW 202°1,106 m14.2 mi
Rattlesnake MountainSSE 161°1,076 m17.0 mi
Cairn Hope PeakWSW 254°1,017 m12.2 mi
High TopWSW 238°913 m20.5 mi
Wahatis PeakNE 35°803 m14.2 mi
Sentinel MountainNNW 334°733 m13.9 mi
Eagle PeakWSW 241°696 m23.4 mi
Emerson NippleWSW 249°675 m6.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0318:3219:12
June solstice05:0620:1020:57
September equinox06:4718:1918:58
December solstice07:4115:2316:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F354047556471797869564335
Precip in1.10.60.70.50.50.50.20.10.20.60.91.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Rapids DAM, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/75449721

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