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Earth is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 124 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak stands 994 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is West Fenwick Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1993
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.37127, -122.28175

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • West Fenwick Park: 0.0 mi
  • Lake Fenwick Park: 0.3 mi
  • Kronisch Park: 0.6 mi
  • Linda Heights Park: 0.7 mi
  • Glenn Nelson Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Downey Bridge Monument: 1.1 mi
  • Old Roy: 2.1 mi
  • Steven J. Underwood Memorial Plaza: 2.7 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial By-Way: 2.8 mi
  • Another Place, Another Time: 2.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Bingaman Pond Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • Grandview Park: 1.9 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 2.5 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 3.1 mi
  • Auburn Environmental Park: 4.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 7.6 mi
  • Indian Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 9.7 mi
  • Indian Point: 9.8 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 6.9 mi
  • Crow Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Sex Cove: 9.9 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Woodmont Country Club: 2.1 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 12
Waterfalls: 8
  • Far Country Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 15.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 18.9 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 20.4 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Earth. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakENE 73°994.257 m22.5 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 62°913 m17.6 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 57°891 m17.0 mi
Enumclaw MountainESE 115°849 m19.8 mi
West Tiger #2NE 55°841 m16.8 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 61°795 m16.6 mi
Taylor MountainENE 72°792 m19.0 mi
Brew HillENE 75°774 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5415:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447525863686863534641
Precip in5.84.04.43.12.11.70.70.91.54.16.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1382440123

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