Japanese Lantern
Japanese Lantern is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 1906 Kobe Sister City Monument, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 0.5 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Japanese lantern of five identical, but successively smaller pagodas standing atop one another.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 2.7 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 2.7 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 2.8 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
Overlooks nearby
- East Portal View · 1 mi
- Viewing Platform · 3 mi
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 4 mi
- Bird Trail Viewing Mound · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 1906 Kobe Sister City Monument: 0.0 mi
- Garden Path: 0.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Seattle - Portal to the Pacific: 0.6 mi
- "A" Braille Faces of Art: 0.6 mi
- Mount Claire Park: 0.1 mi
- South Holgate Street End: 0.3 mi
- College Street Park: 0.3 mi
- South Massachusetts Public Shore: 0.4 mi
- Trudy's Triangle: 0.4 mi
- Anthony Q. Harris Memorial Bench: 0.3 mi
- Sick's Stadium Home Plate: 0.5 mi
- Homer M. Hadley: 0.5 mi
- Frink Park Caretaker's House: 1.2 mi
- Historic Point Of Interest: 1.3 mi
- Bradner Gardens Park: 0.5 mi
- Green Plate Special Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- César Chávez Demonstration Garden: 1.1 mi
- Katie Black's Garden: 1.5 mi
- Atlantic Condominiums Urban Garden: 1.5 mi
- Northwest African American Museum: 0.8 mi
- RE-PC Computer Museum: 1.9 mi
- Wing Luke Asian Museum: 2.0 mi
- Seattle Pinball Museum: 2.0 mi
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: 2.4 mi
- Smith Tower Observatory: 2.5 mi
- Comedy Underground: 2.5 mi
- Sky View Observatory: 2.5 mi
- Pioneer Square Pergola: 2.5 mi
- Pioneer Square: 2.5 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.2 mi
- Camp Long: 4.3 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 5.0 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 5.3 mi
- Coal Creek Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Mount Baker Beach: 0.1 mi
- North Beach: 2.2 mi
- South Holgate Street End: 2.6 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 2.6 mi
- East Harrison Street End: 2.8 mi
- First Hill: 2.2 mi
- First Hill: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.6 mi
- Capitol Hill: 3.4 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 4.6 mi
- Shelter #1: 1.2 mi
- Shelter 2: 2.8 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area A: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.0 mi
- Quarters A: 8.8 mi
- Quarters B: 8.8 mi
- West Point Light: 8.8 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 14.0 mi
- Oil House: 14.0 mi
- Waterwall: 5.4 mi
- North Fork Falls: 7.9 mi
- Far Country Falls: 8.6 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Doughty Falls: 9.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 22.1 mi
- Scatchet Head: 23.7 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 6.2 mi
- Licton Springs: 8.4 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Japanese Lantern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak | ESE 111° | 1,004 m | 24.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak | ESE 110° | 994.257 m | 23.1 mi |
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 112° | 913 m | 17.2 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 110° | 891 m | 15.5 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 110° | 841 m | 15.0 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 114° | 795 m | 16.3 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 116° | 792 m | 20.4 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 117° | 774 m | 21.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3211770086
Day trips start here
- Seattle · 2 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 2 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 2 mi
- Seattle/South · 2 mi
- Mercer Island · 3 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 3 mi
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