Breaching Orca
Breaching Orca is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sea Otter, Salmon, And Raven, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 0.3 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Sculpture depicts an orca jumping straight up out of the water, the tip of its tail touching the surface.'
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 0.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 0.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 1.4 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 1 mi
- East Portal View · 3 mi
- Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Seattle viewpoint · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sea Otter, Salmon, And Raven: 0.0 mi
- Marine-Life Paintings: 0.0 mi
- Beyond The Reef: 0.0 mi
- Trades of the Duwamish: 0.1 mi
- Världskrydda: 0.1 mi
- The Carousel: 0.1 mi
- Wings over Washington: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Great Wheel: 0.1 mi
- Public Market Clock: 0.1 mi
- Harbour Cruise: 0.1 mi
- Pier 62: 0.1 mi
- Victor Steinbrueck Park: 0.2 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Westlake Park: 0.3 mi
- McGraw Square: 0.5 mi
- Seattle Art Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Illusions: 0.4 mi
- Seattle Presents: 0.6 mi
- Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Discovery Portal: 0.7 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 0.2 mi
- Grand Pacific Hotel plaque: 0.2 mi
- Burke Building Arch: 0.4 mi
- Seattle's First Public School House Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Bell Street Terminal, Pier 66: 0.4 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 0.5 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.9 mi
- Neototems Children's Garden: 1.0 mi
- James "Cisco" Morris Biodiversity Garden: 1.1 mi
- Poetry Garden: 1.1 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.6 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.5 mi
- Camp Long: 3.7 mi
- Waldo Woods: 5.9 mi
- Bartonwood Natural Area: 6.6 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 0.5 mi
- Bay Street End: 1.0 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 1.2 mi
- West Thomas Street End: 1.3 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 1.4 mi
- First Hill: 1.0 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.6 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 1.8 mi
- Capitol Hill: 2.0 mi
- Magnolia: 3.7 mi
- Shelter #1: 4.1 mi
- Picnic Area A: 5.5 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 5: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.6 mi
- Quarters A: 5.7 mi
- Quarters B: 5.7 mi
- West Point Light: 5.8 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
- Oil House: 15.2 mi
- Waterwall: 7.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 10.9 mi
- Far Country Falls: 11.6 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Doughty Falls: 12.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 2.6 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 20.2 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 20.9 mi
- Scatchet Head: 21.5 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.8 mi
- Licton Springs: 6.3 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Breaching Orca. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 114° | 913 m | 20.2 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 113° | 891 m | 18.5 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 112° | 841 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 116° | 795 m | 19.3 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 117° | 792 m | 23.4 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 118° | 774 m | 24.4 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 112° | 770 m | 17.7 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 119° | 629 m | 20.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3211770156
Day trips start here
- Seattle/Downtown · 0 mi
- Seattle · 1 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 1 mi
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 1 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 2 mi
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 3 mi
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