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Ghost Log

Ghost Log from directly overhead

Ghost Log is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the northeast, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Dickman Mill, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 2.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2021
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.27759, -122.47043

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Dickman Mill Park: 0.0 mi
  • Hamilton Park: 0.1 mi
  • Old Town Park: 0.2 mi
  • Kack Hyde Park: 0.4 mi
  • Catherine Ursich Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Children's Bell: 0.9 mi
  • The Dalmation Trout: 1.0 mi
  • Dancing Girl: 1.4 mi
  • Fisherman’s Daughter: 1.5 mi
  • Trilogy Statue: 1.5 mi
Gardens
  • Proctor Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Hilltop Urban Garden (H.U.G. Farm): 2.5 mi
  • Point Defiance Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Northwest Native Plant Garden: 2.9 mi
Attractions
  • Point Ruston: 1.8 mi
  • Uncorked Canvas: 2.3 mi
  • Lowland Anoa: 2.9 mi
  • Sumatran Tigers & Waterfall Panorama: 2.9 mi
  • Siamang: 2.9 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Indian Point: 6.5 mi
  • Ford Hill: 8.0 mi
Beaches: 41
  • Salmon Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Owen Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 36
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Shelter 2: 3.9 mi
  • Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 11
Springs: 7
  • Garrison Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Victor Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 22.4 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Dickerson Falls: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Ghost Log. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillNE 56°167 m3.3 mi
Kelly HillSSW 202°140 m16.2 mi
Bare HillSSW 211°136 m16.1 mi
Eastman HillS 188°132 m15.6 mi
Folsom HillS 187°130 m15.7 mi
Swift HillSSW 201°130 m16.2 mi
Beal HillSSW 208°128 m15.6 mi
Berger HillS 189°127 m13.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1420:2321:11
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1352478523

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