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A Drop of Sustenance

A Drop of Sustenance from directly overhead

A Drop of Sustenance is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is A Molecule of the Region, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 6.4 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates47.46414, -122.28861

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Riverton Heights Park: 0.5 mi
  • Crestview Park: 0.6 mi
  • Integration Peace Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cascade View Community Park: 0.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 1.2 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 1.3 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 3.0 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 3.5 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 3.5 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 3.6 mi
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 3.7 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 3.7 mi
  • Space Needle of Renton: 3.7 mi
  • LEM: 3.7 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 3.7 mi
Beaches
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 4.7 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 5.2 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 6.2 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 57
  • High Point: 6.6 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 8.1 mi
  • First Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 8.9 mi
  • Long View Peak: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 41
  • Shelter 2: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 6.7 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 8.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Waterwall: 11.3 mi
Springs: 7
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Licton Springs: 16.4 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 23.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of A Drop of Sustenance. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 91°1,004 m22.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 89°994.257 m21.8 mi
East Tiger MountainE 84°913 m16.0 mi
West Tiger #1E 79°891 m14.9 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 129°849 m23.4 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 78°841 m14.5 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 84°795 m15.0 mi
Taylor MountainE 92°792 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676763544742
Precip in5.83.84.23.21.91.40.61.01.63.96.35.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12100097675

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