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Circus Ring Plaza

Circus Ring Plaza from directly overhead

Circus Ring Plaza is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Migrare, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 1.2 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Two 20-foot sculptural wall sconces in the form of acrobats, light a colored concrete circus-ring design in front of the south entrance to the Seattle Center House.'

How to reach it

Coordinates47.62100, -122.35088

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Poetry Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Neototems Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Arne Gillam Courtyard: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Tilikum Place: 0.2 mi
  • Growing Vine Street Headwaters Park: 0.3 mi
  • Counterbalance Park: 0.4 mi
  • Kinnear Place: 0.5 mi
  • Denny Park: 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
  • Bay Street End: 0.4 mi
  • West Denny Way Street End: 0.5 mi
  • West Thomas Street End: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 1.5 mi
Peaks: 48
  • Queen Anne Hill: 0.7 mi
  • First Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Magnolia: 2.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter #1: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.2 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.3 mi
Lighthouses: 22
Waterfalls: 11
  • Waterwall: 8.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 5.4 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainESE 116°913 m20.9 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 115°891 m19.3 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 114°841 m18.7 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 118°795 m20.1 mi
Taylor MountainESE 118°792 m24.2 mi
West Tiger #3ESE 114°770 m18.4 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 121°629 m21.2 mi
South Tiger MountainESE 121°619 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:12
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5615:2816:21

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, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3211770195

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