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Allure

Allure from directly overhead

Allure is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is South Park Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON passes 3.7 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.52710, -122.31466

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Park Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat: 0.2 mi
  • Dallas Avenue South Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Duwamish Waterway Park: 0.4 mi
  • South Park Playground: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 60
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 0.7 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 2.4 mi
  • North Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 3.8 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 3.9 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • Camp Long: 3.5 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.6 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 5.3 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.5 mi
Gardens
  • King County Teen Program Demonstration Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Mountainside: 2.4 mi
  • Fera Fera Forest: 2.4 mi
  • Kubota Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 2.4 mi
Peaks: 51
  • High Point: 3.0 mi
  • First Hill: 5.1 mi
  • First Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter #1: 3.2 mi
  • Shelter 2: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 3.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 3.8 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waterwall: 8.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Licton Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 101°1,004 m24.2 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 100°994.257 m23.4 mi
East Tiger MountainE 99°913 m17.4 mi
West Tiger #1E 96°891 m15.9 mi
West Tiger #2E 95°841 m15.4 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 100°795 m16.3 mi
Taylor MountainESE 104°792 m20.2 mi
Brew HillESE 106°774 m21.1 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 solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525863676863544642
Precip in5.23.73.92.92.01.20.60.81.43.55.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13746570109

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