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Mary and her dog Chip

Mary and her dog Chip from directly overhead

Mary and her dog Chip is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the northeast, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is North Meadow, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates47.21272, -122.57158

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Meadow: 0.0 mi
  • Park Ridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • Curran Apple Orchard: 0.7 mi
  • Brookside: 0.8 mi
  • Colgate Playground Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Abandoned Car: 1.8 mi
  • The Eagles Nest: 1.9 mi
  • The Big One: 2.8 mi
  • Bradley BlockHouse & Flett House: 3.1 mi
  • T-33A: 3.6 mi
Gardens
  • Experimental Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • Japanese Friendship Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Steilacoom Pollinator Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Jim Senko Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Williams Garden: 4.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Steilacoom Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Fox Island Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
  • Steilacoom Tribal Cultural Center and Museum: 3.1 mi
  • Lakewood History Museum: 3.8 mi
  • Puget Sound Museum of Natural History: 5.4 mi
Peaks
  • Kay Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Lister Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Ross Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Porter Hills: 6.0 mi
  • Burke Hill: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 22
  • South Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Fox Island Sand Spit: 6.3 mi
  • Owen Beach: 7.2 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Picnic Point: 4.8 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 8
  • Garrison Springs: 2.3 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 3.5 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 2
  • Nisqually Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Victor Falls: 18.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Mary and her dog Chip. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillNE 50°167 m9.8 mi
Black HillSSW 201°153 m10.4 mi
Goodman HillSSW 199°145 m10.5 mi
Kelly HillS 187°140 m10.7 mi
Newman HillSSW 198°138 m10.9 mi
Bare HillSSW 201°136 m10.0 mi
Swift HillS 186°130 m10.7 mi
Beal HillSSW 195°128 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:1520:2321:11
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5515:3116:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414346495660656561524541
Precip in6.14.14.63.42.11.40.70.91.54.37.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma Narrows AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12532969730

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