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Flour Bed

Flour Bed from directly overhead

Flour Bed is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Spar Pole Hill stands 581 m to the southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookville Gardens Park, a park 0.1 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
aluminium
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.22785, -122.34423

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brookville Gardens Park: 0.1 mi
  • 5 Acre Park: 0.1 mi
  • Inspiration Park: 0.2 mi
  • Port Landing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Sundial Park: 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Fuschia Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Swan Creek Park Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Children's Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Edgewood Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Planting Patch - Meet Big Washington: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Fire Cross: 2.8 mi
  • Seahthluk Pole: 3.2 mi
  • Garden Mural: 3.2 mi
  • Phoenix: 3.3 mi
  • Nature's Medley: 3.3 mi
Attractions
  • Konga Slides: 3.5 mi
  • Zooma Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Midway Games: 3.6 mi
  • Riptide: 3.6 mi
  • Meeker Mansion: 3.6 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Porter Hills: 10.1 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 10.6 mi
  • Westcott Hills: 10.7 mi
  • McCall Hill: 11.4 mi
Museums: 56
Picnic sites: 31
  • Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 30
  • Sex Cove: 6.7 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 7.2 mi
  • North Beach: 9.0 mi
  • South Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 9.7 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Victor Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 21.9 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 22.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 23.2 mi
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 20.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Flour Bed. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Spar Pole HillSE 143°581 m15.6 mi
Indian HillNNW 329°167 m6.2 mi
Kelly HillSW 226°140 m16.7 mi
Eastman HillSSW 214°132 m14.5 mi
Woodward HillSW 223°132 m16.8 mi
Folsom HillSSW 213°130 m14.4 mi
Swift HillSW 226°130 m16.6 mi
Langston HillSSW 207°130 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1420:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5415:3016:23

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13018258422

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