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Light Bulb Benches (1 of 2)

Light Bulb Benches (1 of 2) from directly overhead

Light Bulb Benches (1 of 2) is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ stands 1,254 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Light Bulb Benches (2 of 2), a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 5.6 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.50687, -122.26738

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
  • Kubota Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Stone Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Maple Woods: 0.5 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Mountainside: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Taylor Creek Headwaters: 0.6 mi
  • Duwamish Park: 0.8 mi
  • Fletcher Place: 0.9 mi
  • Duwamish Hill Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Detective Cookie Chess Park: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 1.5 mi
  • LEM: 1.5 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 1.6 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 1.6 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 1.6 mi
Museums
Beaches: 60
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 3.0 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 3.2 mi
  • North Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.0 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 4.9 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.2 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 5.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 58
  • First Hill: 5.4 mi
  • High Point: 5.6 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 6.1 mi
  • First Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Long View Peak: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 3.0 mi
  • Shelter #1: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.9 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 6.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Far Country Falls: 6.6 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 23.1 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Light Bulb Benches (1 of 2). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 90°1,254 m24.7 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 99°1,004 m21.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 97°994.257 m21.0 mi
East Tiger MountainE 95°913 m15.0 mi
West Tiger #1E 91°891 m13.6 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 135°849 m24.7 mi
West Tiger #2E 89°841 m13.2 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 96°795 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10068682932

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