A Relic in the Garden
A Relic in the Garden is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.0 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
One of two large, bronze magnifying glass sculptures with filigree "glass", sitting in planter boxes on the west and east sides of the light rail platform. Also included in the work are internally lit bronze baskets at the station entrances.
What the record says
- Material
- bronze
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 3.6 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 3.6 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 3.7 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
Overlooks nearby
- East Portal View · 2 mi
- Viewing Platform · 4 mi
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- A Relic in the Garden: 0.0 mi
- Global Garden Shovel: 0.1 mi
- Garden Windows: 0.1 mi
- Pride: 0.1 mi
- Pride: 0.1 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.3 mi
- Central Park: 0.3 mi
- View Point Park: 0.4 mi
- Maple Park: 0.4 mi
- Dearborn Park: 0.5 mi
- Snoqualmie P-Patch: 1.1 mi
- César Chávez Demonstration Garden: 1.7 mi
- Green Plate Special Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Bradner Gardens Park: 1.9 mi
- Atlantic Condominiums Urban Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rhodes Holocaust Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Sick's Stadium Home Plate: 1.4 mi
- Anthony Q. Harris Memorial Bench: 1.8 mi
- Homer M. Hadley: 2.1 mi
- World's First Service Station: 2.7 mi
- Georgetown Steam Plant: 1.6 mi
- Connections Musuem: 2.0 mi
- Northwest African American Museum: 2.1 mi
- RE-PC Computer Museum: 2.5 mi
- Space Gallery: 2.8 mi
- Midnight Express: 2.8 mi
- Air Force One: 2.8 mi
- Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation: 2.9 mi
- Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 2.9 mi
- Resurs-500 Descent Module: 2.9 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.0 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Camp Long: 3.8 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 5.2 mi
- Coal Creek Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Mount Baker Beach: 1.6 mi
- North Beach: 1.9 mi
- 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.2 mi
- Pritchard Island Beach: 2.5 mi
- South Holgate Street End: 2.9 mi
- First Hill: 2.9 mi
- First Hill: 3.6 mi
- Cherry Hill: 4.0 mi
- High Point: 4.2 mi
- Capitol Hill: 4.9 mi
- Shelter #1: 0.8 mi
- Shelter 2: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.7 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area A: 3.8 mi
- Quarters A: 9.7 mi
- Quarters B: 9.7 mi
- West Point Light: 9.7 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Oil House: 12.5 mi
- Waterwall: 6.3 mi
- North Fork Falls: 7.7 mi
- Far Country Falls: 8.1 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Doughty Falls: 9.0 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.2 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 23.6 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 24.9 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 7.7 mi
- Licton Springs: 9.8 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of A Relic in the Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak | ESE 107° | 1,004 m | 23.8 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak | ESE 106° | 994.257 m | 22.9 mi |
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 107° | 913 m | 16.9 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 105° | 891 m | 15.3 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 104° | 841 m | 14.8 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 109° | 795 m | 15.9 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 111° | 792 m | 20.0 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 113° | 774 m | 20.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9846628045
Day trips start here
- Seattle/South · 1 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 2 mi
- Mercer Island · 3 mi
- Seattle · 3 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 3 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 4 mi
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