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Rattlesnake Spring

Rattlesnake Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Rattlesnake Spring is a spring in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,367 m. Edward Peak stands 2,220 m to the west-southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Burch Mountain, a peak 3.3 miles away. JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN passes 3.8 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.60119, -120.32982

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center Park: 5.1 mi
  • Orondo River Park: 6.6 mi
  • Entiat Park: 7.0 mi
  • Theodore "Buzz" Butts Park: 7.4 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 31
  • Turbine: 5.1 mi
  • Loving Embrace: 11.6 mi
  • Visionary: 11.8 mi
  • Cross Roads: 11.9 mi
  • Ped: 12.0 mi
Springs: 29
Attractions: 19
  • Earthquake Point: 9.3 mi
  • Chelan County Fairgrounds: 9.5 mi
  • Chelan County Fairgrounds: 9.7 mi
  • Wenatchee Riverfront Railway: 12.0 mi
  • Great Northern Steam Locomotive: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 14
Museums: 11
Historic sites: 10
Beaches: 10
  • Sunny Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Sand Bar: 15.2 mi
  • Marble Rock Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Enchantment Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Hot Sand Beach: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 8
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Rattlesnake Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Edward PeakWSW 254°2,219.5 m20.9 mi
Stormy MountainN 357°2,194 m20.5 mi
The DragonteethWSW 254°2,149 m21.5 mi
Icicle Ridge SouthW 268°2,142.4 m20.4 mi
South WedgeWSW 247°2,098.5 m19.8 mi
Icicle Ridge NorthW 272°2,098.5 m21.0 mi
Tyee MountainNNW 340°2,028 m19.3 mi
Baldy MountainN 0°1,957 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3419:14
June solstice05:0420:1521:03
September equinox06:4918:2019:01
December solstice07:4815:2016:13

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303644515965737264523931
Precip in2.01.31.40.80.90.80.30.30.41.21.92.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 7 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in Jun, leanest in Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs105,657105,373101,910112,214154,037183,685143,383106,95973,99573,93486,76698,389

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Columbia River AT Rocky Reach Dam, WA, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

  • Tweedy's lewisia4 obs
  • Bighorn Sheep2 obs
  • Bitterroot2 obs
  • Ornate Checkered Beetle2 obs
  • yellow-white larkspur2 obs
  • Wenatchee valerian2 obs
  • Chelan Rockmat2 obs
  • White Shootingstar2 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4965222441

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