Sunshine Canyon Spring
Sunshine Canyon Spring is a spring in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 758 m. Stormy Mountain stands 2,194 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Dick Mesa, a peak 0.6 miles away. JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN passes 2.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 758 m
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the JCT SR 2 VIC MONITOR TO JCT SR 97 VIC CHELAN
- 3.5 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 6.2 mi off the JCT ALT SR 97 TO SOUTH LAKESHORE RD
- 14.9 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dick Mesa: 0.6 mi
- Ribbon Mesa: 2.0 mi
- Peters Point: 2.9 mi
- Keystone Point: 4.4 mi
- Goman Peak: 6.7 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 2.9 mi
- Theodore "Buzz" Butts Park: 3.1 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 3.2 mi
- Entiat Park: 3.3 mi
- Orondo River Park: 3.9 mi
- Crum Canyon Spring Number 2: 0.9 mi
- Cherry Spring: 1.0 mi
- Indian Spring: 1.4 mi
- Willow Spring: 1.7 mi
- Byers Canyon Spring No. 1: 2.6 mi
- Turbine: 11.8 mi
- Flower Dancing in the Wind: 14.9 mi
- Coyote Leads The Salmon Up The River: 15.1 mi
- Fishing Rights: 15.3 mi
- Miles and Miles of Blues: 15.3 mi
- Earthquake Point: 2.6 mi
- Tunnel Zip Lines: 8.4 mi
- Lake Shores: 14.5 mi
- Jet Skis Galore: 14.5 mi
- Chelan Parasail: 14.5 mi
- Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 2.9 mi
- Entiat Museum: 3.4 mi
- Nature's Window Museum of Wildlife: 9.8 mi
- Douglas County Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 11.6 mi
- Minneapolis Beach: 12.7 mi
- Sunny Beach: 16.2 mi
- Sand Bar: 19.3 mi
- Marble Rock Beach: 19.5 mi
- Hot Sand Beach: 19.7 mi
- Ribbon Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Earthquake Point: 2.7 mi
- Number Rock: 3.4 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 21.6 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 21.6 mi
- leisure = garden: 2.1 mi
- garden = pumpkin patch: 2.2 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 15.5 mi
- Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 18.7 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 19.2 mi
- Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill: 1.0 mi
- CCC: 9.9 mi
- Lucas Homestead: 10.6 mi
- 1945 Lake Chelan School Bus Accident Memorial: 12.2 mi
- Lady Of The Lake I Pilot House: 15.2 mi
- Preston Falls: 14.7 mi
- McCrea Falls: 16.5 mi
- Silver Falls: 21.8 mi
- Drury Falls: 22.4 mi
- Bridal Falls: 24.3 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 2.4 mi
- Chelan Coulees Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 15.9 mi
- Porter's Pond Nature Area: 18.4 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 20.7 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 10.0 mi
- Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Sunshine Canyon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stormy Mountain | NNW 345° | 2,194 m | 14.2 mi |
| East Point | NNW 341° | 2,083 m | 19.0 mi |
| Signal Peak | NW 318° | 2,081 m | 17.8 mi |
| Kelly Mountain | NW 318° | 2,060.5 m | 23.5 mi |
| Crescent Hill | NNW 341° | 2,057 m | 20.1 mi |
| Angle Peak | NNW 338° | 2,053 m | 17.9 mi |
| Cougar Mountain | NW 313° | 2,037 m | 19.5 mi |
| Tyee Mountain | NW 321° | 2,028 m | 14.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:33 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:04 | 20:15 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:20 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:19 | 16:12 |
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 | 30 | 36 | 44 | 51 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 64 | 52 | 39 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Entiat Fish Hatchery, 2 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jul — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 185 | 203 | 280 | 622 | 1,549 | 1,478 | 616 | 211 | 126 | 146 | 235 | 212 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Entiat River Near Entiat, WA, 3 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- woollypod milkvetch2 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1 obs
- Clark's Nutcracker1 obs
- American Black Bear1 obs
- Mountain Lion1 obs
- Bitterroot1 obs
- mountain lady's-slipper1 obs
- wolf lichen1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/12087733474
Day trips start here
- Waterville · 10 mi
- Cashmere · 15 mi
- East Wenatchee · 19 mi
- Wenatchee · 19 mi
- Leavenworth · 20 mi
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