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McAllister Springs

McAllister Springs, seen from above at true elevation

McAllister Springs is a spring in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Black Hill stands 153 m to the northeast, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Meadows Commons Park, a park 1.0 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 8.6 miles off.

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Coordinates47.02834, -122.72393

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Meadows Commons Park: 1.0 mi
  • Eagle Crest Open Space: 1.2 mi
  • Freestone Station Private Park: 1.6 mi
  • Park (Private): 1.6 mi
  • Thurston County School Property: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Medicene Creek Treaty Monument: 1.9 mi
  • Fort Eaton Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Willamette Meridian Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Chambers Blockhouse Marker: 5.5 mi
  • Shipwreck: 6.0 mi
Peaks
  • Rumble Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Cosgrave Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Fitch Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Bartlett Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Toland Hill: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Museums: 47
Gardens: 45
  • Woodland Elementary Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Closed Loop Park: 3.2 mi
  • Thruston County Community Food Bank Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves: 31
  • Lake Lois Habitat Reserve: 3.6 mi
  • Tolmie State Park: 6.9 mi
  • Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 10.2 mi
  • Black Lake Meadows: 10.4 mi
  • Deschutes Prairie Preserve: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 14
Picnic sites: 10
  • Environmental Study Area: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Point: 12.1 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 17.1 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 9
Springs: 7
  • Clear Creek Springs: 2.9 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 12.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 13.0 mi
Lighthouses: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of McAllister Springs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillNE 48°153 m4.6 mi
Goodman HillNE 53°145 m4.7 mi
Severe HillSSE 156°145 m7.9 mi
Toland HillENE 70°143 m3.0 mi
Starr HillENE 66°141 m3.5 mi
Rollover HillSSE 156°141 m7.5 mi
Kelly HillENE 69°140 m6.2 mi
Newman HillENE 58°138 m4.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4319:24
June solstice05:1620:2321:10
September equinox06:5818:3019:10
December solstice07:5515:3316:25

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, 9 mi away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Nov–Apr — fullest in Jan, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs779727629487304200130105102166500714

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Deschutes River AT E ST Bridge AT Tumwater, WA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific chorus frog11 obs
  • Scotch Broom11 obs
  • giant white fawn lily9 obs
  • Oregon grape9 obs
  • Pacific madrone6 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver6 obs
  • Osoberry6 obs
  • tansy6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5211579460

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