Candy Mountain Preserve

Candy Mountain Preserve: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this sanctuary: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Candy Mountain Preserve

Season: November to March for sightings; sanctuaries may close in peak monsoon.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Candy Mountain Preserve — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 46.25347, -119.35804. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Candy Mountain Preserve

• Candy Mountain · viewpoint · Benton · ~1 km · Must-see
• Goose Hill · viewpoint · Benton · ~7 km · Must-see
• Chamna Natural Preserve · sanctuary · Benton · ~7 km · Must-see
• Badger Canyon · viewpoint · Benton · ~8 km · Must-see
• Columbia River Washington Temple · church · Benton · ~9 km · Must-see
• Howard Amon Park · park · Benton · ~9 km · Must-see
• Red Mountain · viewpoint · Benton · ~10 km · Must-see
• Bateman Island · river spot · Benton · ~13 km · Must-see
• REACH Museum · museum · Benton · ~14 km · Must-see
• Elowah Falls, Columbia River Gorge · waterfall · Benton · ~18 km · Must-see
• Southridge Sports Complex · park · Benton · ~19 km · Must-see
• Jump Off Joe · viewpoint · Benton · ~30 km · Must-see
• Sacajawea State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~31 km · Must-see
• McNary National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Benton · ~32 km · Must-see
• Rattlesnake Mountain · viewpoint · Benton · ~32 km · Must-see
• Lake Wallula · lake · Benton · ~34 km · Must-see
• Lake Lewis · lake · Walla Walla · ~36 km · Must-see
• Sillusi Butte · viewpoint · Benton · ~43 km · Must-see

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Other wildlife, forests & gardens near Candy Mountain Preserve

• Chamna Natural Preserve · sanctuary · Benton · ~7 km · Must-see
• Sacajawea State Park · sanctuary · Franklin · ~31 km · Must-see
• McNary National Wildlife Refuge · sanctuary · Benton · ~32 km · Must-see
• Hanford Reach National Monument · sanctuary · Benton · ~48 km · Must-see
• Hat Rock State Park · sanctuary · Umatilla · ~51 km · Must-see
• Juniper Dunes Wilderness · sanctuary · Franklin · ~52 km · Must-see
• Arid Lands Ecology Reserve · sanctuary · Grant · ~66 km · Must-see
• Drumheller Channels · sanctuary · Adams · ~91 km · Must-see
• Potholes State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~102 km · Must-see
• Ginkgo Petrified Forest State Park · sanctuary · Kittitas · ~115 km · Must-see

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