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Interface

Interface from directly overhead

Interface is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Shuffleton Steam Plant, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 4.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1982
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.50753, -122.20202

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Kennydale Lions Park: 0.7 mi
  • North Highlands Park: 1.0 mi
  • Sunset Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
  • Kennydale Beach Park: 1.1 mi
  • Highlands Neighborhood Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Garden Taft: 1.9 mi
  • Maple Woods: 3.0 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Stone Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 3.0 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Marshall's Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Long View Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 5.1 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.3 mi
  • First Hill: 5.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 3.6 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 5.0 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 5.1 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 5.3 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Kennydale Beach: 1.1 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 4.4 mi
  • North Beach: 4.5 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 3.7 mi
  • Shelter #1: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.7 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Far Country Falls: 3.6 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Waterwall: 7.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Licton Springs: 14.7 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Interface. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakE 87°1,404 m22.8 mi
Blowdown MountainE 89°1,400 m22.2 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 88°1,326 m22.1 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 90°1,254 m21.6 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 100°1,004 m18.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 99°994.257 m17.9 mi
East Tiger MountainE 96°913 m12.0 mi
West Tiger #1E 91°891 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2221:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676862544642
Precip in4.93.23.72.81.91.50.60.91.53.55.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Renton Muni AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4386224095

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