Swakane Spring
Swakane Spring is a spring in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1,549 m. The Temple stands 2,527 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Chumstick Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Stevens Pass Greenway passes 7.9 miles off.
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Stevens Pass Greenway, National
- 7.9 mi off the Cascade Loop, National
- 8.9 mi off the JCT SR 10 VIC ELLENSBURG TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
- 8.9 mi off the JCT SR 970 VIC VIRDEN TO JCT SR 2 VIC PESHASTIN
Overlooks nearby
- Peshastin Lookout · 10 mi
- Echo Point · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chumstick Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Blag Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Burch Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Tibbetts Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Mosquito Point: 5.2 mi
- Riverside Park: 8.1 mi
- Railroad Park: 8.3 mi
- Cottage Avenue Park: 8.3 mi
- Natatoruim Park: 8.4 mi
- John Simpson Memorial Park: 8.8 mi
- Buck Spring: 0.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 6.0 mi
- Mud Spring: 6.9 mi
- Medicine Spring: 8.1 mi
- Cherry Spring: 8.8 mi
- Turbine: 10.2 mi
- Die Bergfreunde Fountain: 10.4 mi
- The Storyteller: 10.7 mi
- Emissaries: 12.6 mi
- Granite Salmon: 12.6 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 8.5 mi
- Chelan County Fairgrounds: 8.7 mi
- Orion River Rafting: 9.5 mi
- Willkommen in Leavenworth: 10.6 mi
- Maibaum: 10.6 mi
- Number Rock: 10.3 mi
- Ribbon Cliff: 11.4 mi
- Earthquake Point: 11.6 mi
- Upper Castle Rock: 12.8 mi
- Lower Castle Rock: 12.8 mi
- Cashmere Museum and Pioneer Village: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 10.1 mi
- Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center: 10.2 mi
- Nutcracker Museum & Store: 10.6 mi
- Greater Leavenworth Museum: 10.6 mi
- Rex (Rogers) Stamp Mill: 9.5 mi
- Der Ritter: 11.0 mi
- Pangborn-Herndon Memorial: 15.6 mi
- CCC: 17.3 mi
- Blewett Stamp Mill: 18.0 mi
- Sand Bar: 10.4 mi
- Marble Rock Beach: 10.6 mi
- Hot Sand Beach: 10.8 mi
- Enchantment Beach: 10.8 mi
- Rafters Beach: 10.9 mi
- garden = pumpkin patch: 7.0 mi
- leisure = garden: 7.0 mi
- E. Lorene Young Community Garden: 10.3 mi
- Royal Bavarian Kanzlers Rose Garden: 10.7 mi
- Ohme Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Drury Falls: 14.0 mi
- Preston Falls: 16.8 mi
- McCrea Falls: 18.1 mi
- Upper Snow Creek Falls: 18.9 mi
- Viviane Falls: 19.1 mi
- Entiat National Fish Hatchery: 7.0 mi
- Peshastin Pinnacles State Park: 7.7 mi
- Mountain Home Ridge (CDLT): 11.7 mi
- Porter's Pond Nature Area: 15.7 mi
- Chelan Coulees Preserve: 18.2 mi
- Day Use Area: 10.8 mi
- Swiftwater Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Pioneer Park Picnic Site: 17.3 mi
- Nason Creek Rest Area: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Swakane Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Temple | SW 236° | 2,527 m | 18.3 mi |
| High Priest | SW 236° | 2,510 m | 18.6 mi |
| Prusik Peak | WSW 236° | 2,439 m | 19.0 mi |
| Big Lou Mountain | W 270° | 2,372 m | 18.7 mi |
| Big Slide Mountain | W 269° | 2,367 m | 18.4 mi |
| Big Jim Mountain | W 275° | 2,366 m | 18.1 mi |
| Jay Peak | W 268° | 2,240 m | 17.9 mi |
| Edward Peak | WSW 240° | 2,219.5 m | 17.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:34 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:05 | 20:16 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:21 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:20 | 16:13 |
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, 7 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Apr–Jun — fullest in May, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 40.4 | 46.9 | 70.2 | 142 | 342 | 259 | 75.2 | 31.1 | 22.9 | 26.2 | 38.1 | 38.9 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Mad River AT Ardenvoir, WA, 8 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- parsnipflower buckwheat3 obs
- Glacier Lily3 obs
- Hoffmann's Checkerspot3 obs
- Anicia Checkerspot3 obs
- Tweedy's lewisia3 obs
- snow dwarf primrose3 obs
- Bitterroot2 obs
- subalpine fir2 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/7264288598
Day trips start here
- Cashmere · 8 mi
- Leavenworth · 11 mi
- Wenatchee · 16 mi
- East Wenatchee · 17 mi
- Waterville · 17 mi
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