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Metamorphosis

Metamorphosis from directly overhead

Metamorphosis is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 148 m. Blowdown Mountain stands 1,400 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Covington Community Park, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2020-09-29
Material
steel
Inscription
Metamophosis reflects Covington finding its identity as a city and me finding my identity as an artist.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.38526, -122.10243

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Covington Community Park: 0.1 mi
  • Woodcreek Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Crystal View Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jenkins Creek Trail Park: 1.2 mi
  • Crofton Heights Neighborhood Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Rainier Vista Open Space: 0.4 mi
  • Jenkins Creek Natural Area: 1.0 mi
  • Cedar Valley Park: 1.3 mi
  • Cedar Valley Drainage: 1.6 mi
  • Shire Hills Drainage: 1.7 mi
Gardens
  • Native Plant Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Shade Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Japanese Maple Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Volunteer Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Alpine Rock Garden: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
  • Gibbon Store - Maple Valley Historical Society Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Fire Engine Museum: 2.6 mi
  • Greater Kent Historical Society: 5.7 mi
  • Black Diamond Historical Museum: 6.9 mi
  • Neely-Soames Historic Homestead: 7.7 mi
Attractions
  • Lake Wilderness Lodge: 3.0 mi
  • Hobart Yellow Submarine: 6.1 mi
  • Petroglyph: 6.3 mi
  • Trinity Tree Farm: 6.8 mi
  • Emerald Downs: 7.3 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Walsh: 7.8 mi
  • Squak Mountain Southeast Peak: 8.3 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain: 8.4 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain North Summit: 8.5 mi
Beaches: 54
Picnic sites: 35
  • Brandi Carlile Stage: 2.7 mi
  • Site #8: 3.0 mi
  • Site #7: 3.1 mi
  • Site #4: 3.1 mi
  • Site #5: 3.1 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 8.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 5
  • Canyon Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Metamorphosis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blowdown MountainENE 63°1,400 m19.7 mi
Greenway MountainE 85°1,356 m19.8 mi
Mount WashingtonE 81°1,346 m19.0 mi
Crater Lake PeakENE 62°1,326 m19.7 mi
Change PeakE 81°1,317 m19.8 mi
Mount LindsayESE 102°1,312 m20.0 mi
Songbird PeakE 83°1,300 m20.0 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ENE 64°1,254 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1220:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5415:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559646459504338
Precip in8.05.46.25.53.93.11.31.62.85.88.57.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Landsburg, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11232470782

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