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Mother Reading with Child

Mother Reading with Child from directly overhead

Mother Reading with Child is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Fauntleroy Park, a park 0.4 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 0.8 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Abstract bronze wall sculpture showing a figure sitting on a chair with its legs crossed at the ankles, reading to a child on its lap.

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Coordinates47.52257, -122.37647

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fauntleroy Park: 0.4 mi
  • Katharine Colman Triangle: 0.5 mi
  • Kilbourne Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fauntleroy Creek Ravine: 0.7 mi
  • E.C. Hughes Playground: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Beaches
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 0.9 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 1.1 mi
  • Private beach: 1.5 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 1.6 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Midnight Express: 3.5 mi
  • Air Force One: 3.6 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 3.7 mi
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 3.7 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 3.7 mi
Peaks: 46
  • High Point: 1.2 mi
  • First Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 7.2 mi
  • First Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 1.2 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Waterwall: 11.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainE 97°913 m20.2 mi
West Tiger #1E 94°891 m18.7 mi
West Tiger #2E 93°841 m18.3 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 98°795 m19.1 mi
Taylor MountainESE 102°792 m23.0 mi
Brew HillESE 103°774 m23.8 mi
West Tiger #3E 92°770 m18.0 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 102°629 m19.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3211765138

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