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Blue Heron

Blue Heron from directly overhead

Blue Heron is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaver, a artwork 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 1.8 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

City of Kirkland Greenway Art Series, entitled Biophilia

The record

What the record says

Built
2021
Material
wood
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.69232, -122.17018

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Beaver: 0.2 mi
  • Hummingbird: 0.4 mi
  • Changing Workplace, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: 0.9 mi
  • Post Tensioned Obelisk: 0.9 mi
  • hawk house: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Mark Twain Park: 0.3 mi
  • North Rose Hill Woodlands Park: 0.3 mi
  • Forbes Lake Park: 0.5 mi
  • Spinney Homestead Park: 0.6 mi
  • Forbes Lake Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Plaza of Kirkland Champions: 2.1 mi
  • Ryan's Monument Plaque: 2.5 mi
  • Albert Anderson Memorial Park: 2.9 mi
  • Peace Pole: 3.2 mi
  • Microsoft Product Walk of Fame: 3.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Doolittle Art Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Green Burial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Sunrise Cremation Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Magnuson Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Nutmeg: 4.4 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • Kingfisher Natural Area: 6.5 mi
  • Waldo Woods: 6.6 mi
  • Brightwater Park: 6.8 mi
  • Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 7.0 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Kite Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Norway Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Promontory Point: 4.1 mi
  • Ring Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.5 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 7.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.6 mi
  • The Clearing: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Waterwall: 5.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.9 mi
  • McCauley Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.0 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Licton Springs: 7.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakESE 119°1,404 m24.3 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 121°1,400 m24.1 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 120°1,326 m23.8 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 122°1,254 m23.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSE 133°1,004 m23.4 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakSE 134°994.257 m22.4 mi
East Tiger MountainSE 144°913 m17.5 mi
West Tiger #1SE 145°891 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1120:2321:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424347515761676762544642
Precip in5.13.53.93.02.21.60.81.01.73.75.95.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12695283561

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