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Floating Life Forms

Floating Life Forms from directly overhead

Floating Life Forms is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the north-northeast, 4.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Children's Museum of Tacoma, a museum 0.2 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 5.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2015
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.24895, -122.43378

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
  • Melanie’s Park: 0.2 mi
  • Tollefson Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • Don Pugnetti Park: 0.4 mi
  • George H. Weyerhaeuser Jr. Park: 0.4 mi
  • Theater Square: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievement Award - 2005 Tacoma-Olympia Section: 0.3 mi
  • Swiss Complex: 0.4 mi
  • Mini Sound transit Bus: 0.8 mi
  • The Goddess of Commerce: 0.8 mi
  • Spanish Cannon: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Uncorked Canvas: 0.3 mi
  • Trung Nguyen Billard: 1.9 mi
  • Tacoma RC Raceway: 3.5 mi
  • Point Ruston: 4.5 mi
  • The Eagles Nest: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Hilltop Urban Garden (H.U.G. Farm): 1.2 mi
  • Stewart Middle School Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Swan Creek Park Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Proctor Community Garden: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Porter Hills: 8.6 mi
  • Indian Point: 8.9 mi
Beaches: 33
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Owen Beach: 6.2 mi
  • South Beach: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 30
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 8
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 8.0 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Victor Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 21.1 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 24.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Floating Life Forms. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillNNE 15°167 m4.0 mi
Kelly HillSSW 211°140 m15.2 mi
Bare HillSW 220°136 m15.5 mi
Eastman HillSSW 196°132 m14.0 mi
Folsom HillSSW 195°130 m14.1 mi
Swift HillSSW 210°130 m15.2 mi
Beal HillSW 217°128 m14.9 mi
Berger HillSSW 198°127 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:23
June solstice05:1420:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5515:3016:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525862676762544742
Precip in6.04.04.43.42.01.40.60.81.64.16.56.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13518542790

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