4 (Where shall I go ahead?)
4 (Where shall I go ahead?) is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Station Square, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO VASHON passes 0.4 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Etched into the top of each 23 granite cubes is an image or block of text that is referential to the history of the railroad and the area. The title 4 refers to the Morse code abbreviation for Where shall I go ahead? Used traditionally by the railroad.
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 0.5 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 0.5 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 0.6 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 2 mi
- East Portal View · 2 mi
- Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Union Station Square: 0.0 mi
- Waterfall Garden: 0.1 mi
- Occidental Square: 0.2 mi
- Prefontaine Place: 0.2 mi
- Hing Hay Park: 0.2 mi
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Pinball Museum: 0.3 mi
- Wing Luke Asian Museum: 0.3 mi
- Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery: 0.4 mi
- Seattle Presents: 0.4 mi
- Paper Chase: 0.1 mi
- Anawog: 0.1 mi
- Myrkott Pa Reutersvard: 0.1 mi
- Efter Reutersvard: 0.1 mi
- Fortson Square: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Fallen Fire Fighters' Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Site of Launching of USS Nebraska: 0.4 mi
- Site of Skinner & Eddy Shipyard: 0.4 mi
- Burke Building Arch: 0.4 mi
- Seattle's First Public School House Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Comedy Underground: 0.2 mi
- Smith Tower Observatory: 0.2 mi
- Pioneer Square Pergola: 0.2 mi
- Pioneer Square: 0.3 mi
- Underground Tour: 0.3 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 0.8 mi
- Katie Black's Garden: 0.8 mi
- Atlantic Condominiums Urban Garden: 0.8 mi
- James "Cisco" Morris Biodiversity Garden: 0.9 mi
- Three Car Park: 1.4 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.3 mi
- Camp Long: 3.5 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.7 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 6.1 mi
- Waldo Woods: 6.4 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 0.3 mi
- South Holgate Street End: 1.1 mi
- Bay Street End: 1.8 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 1.9 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 2.0 mi
- First Hill: 0.7 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Capitol Hill: 2.2 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 2.5 mi
- First Hill: 4.3 mi
- Shelter #1: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Area A: 4.9 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.0 mi
- Shelter 2: 5.0 mi
- Quarters A: 6.5 mi
- Quarters B: 6.5 mi
- West Point Light: 6.5 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
- Oil House: 14.7 mi
- Waterwall: 7.1 mi
- North Fork Falls: 10.2 mi
- Far Country Falls: 10.9 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
- Doughty Falls: 11.7 mi
- Pigeon Point: 2.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 19.5 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 21.7 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 5.1 mi
- Licton Springs: 6.9 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of 4 (Where shall I go ahead?). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 113° | 913 m | 19.4 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 112° | 891 m | 17.8 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 111° | 841 m | 17.3 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 115° | 795 m | 18.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 116° | 792 m | 22.7 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 117° | 774 m | 23.6 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 111° | 770 m | 17.0 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 119° | 629 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3211770099
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- Seattle/Downtown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 2 mi
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 3 mi
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