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JUMs

JUMs from directly overhead

JUMs is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 99 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is E.C. Hughes Playground, a park 0.3 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 1.2 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

JUMs combines three elements (jellyfish/umbrellas/mushrooms) that relate to the Northwest environment. Each ten-foot high sculpture consists of a stainless steel stem and upper cap that has been cast in fiberglass.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.52766, -122.36890

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • E.C. Hughes Playground: 0.3 mi
  • Tổ Đình Việt Nam;Vietnamese Cultural Center: 0.8 mi
  • Fauntleroy Park: 0.9 mi
  • Orchard Street Ravine: 0.9 mi
  • High Point Community Center and Playfield: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 60
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 1.3 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 1.5 mi
  • Private beach: 1.6 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 1.6 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Camp Long: 2.1 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.9 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.1 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.6 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Midnight Express: 3.2 mi
  • Air Force One: 3.3 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 3.4 mi
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 3.4 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 47
  • High Point: 0.9 mi
  • First Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.8 mi
  • First Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 1.3 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 8
  • Waterwall: 10.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Licton Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of JUMs. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainE 98°913 m19.9 mi
West Tiger #1E 95°891 m18.4 mi
West Tiger #2E 94°841 m18.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 99°795 m18.8 mi
Taylor MountainESE 103°792 m22.7 mi
Brew HillESE 104°774 m23.6 mi
West Tiger #3E 93°770 m17.7 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 103°629 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525863676863544642
Precip in5.23.73.92.92.01.20.60.81.43.55.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3211765141

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