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Looking at a Watershed: Waterprints

Looking at a Watershed: Waterprints from directly overhead

Looking at a Watershed: Waterprints is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 71 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Looking at a Watershed: Streambed Memories, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 1.7 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates47.53579, -122.36192

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Tổ Đình Việt Nam;Vietnamese Cultural Center: 0.1 mi
  • E.C. Hughes Playground: 0.4 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
  • High Point Community Center and Playfield: 0.6 mi
  • Riverview Playfield: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
  • Camp Long: 1.7 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.5 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.9 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.3 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 60
  • Private beach: 1.7 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 1.7 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 1.8 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 1.9 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 2.1 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Midnight Express: 3.0 mi
  • Air Force One: 3.1 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 3.3 mi
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 3.3 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 3.3 mi
Peaks: 47
  • High Point: 0.8 mi
  • First Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.1 mi
  • First Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 1.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 1.7 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waterwall: 9.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.9 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 11.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Looking at a Watershed: Waterprints. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainE 99°913 m19.6 mi
West Tiger #1E 97°891 m18.2 mi
West Tiger #2E 96°841 m17.7 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 101°795 m18.6 mi
Taylor MountainESE 104°792 m22.5 mi
Brew HillESE 106°774 m23.4 mi
West Tiger #3E 95°770 m17.4 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 105°629 m19.4 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:5515:2816:21

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3211765146

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