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Blackleaf

Blackleaf from directly overhead

Blackleaf is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Talking Fountain, a artwork 0.2 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 6.7 miles off.

Life-sized wood horse sculpture

The record

What the record says

Built
2017
Material
wood
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.44829, -122.30206

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Integration Peace Park: 1.1 mi
  • Crestview Park: 1.2 mi
  • Manhattan Park & Playfield: 1.4 mi
  • Angle Lake Manor Private Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Angle Lake Park: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 1.8 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 2.8 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 3.1 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 3.3 mi
  • Grandview Park: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 2.1 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 2.2 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 2.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 4.8 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 4.8 mi
  • LEM: 4.8 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 4.8 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 60
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 5.9 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 6.1 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 6.4 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 6.6 mi
  • Crow Beach: 6.8 mi
Peaks
  • High Point: 7.2 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 8.8 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 9.2 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 9.4 mi
  • First Hill: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Woodmont Country Club: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 7.0 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 9.6 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Waterwall: 12.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Licton Springs: 17.4 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 22.4 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Blackleaf. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 88°1,004 m23.2 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 86°994.257 m22.5 mi
East Tiger MountainE 80°913 m16.8 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 76°891 m15.7 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 126°849 m23.3 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 74°841 m15.4 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 80°795 m15.7 mi
Taylor MountainE 89°792 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11789336639

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