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Mythical Bird

Mythical Bird from directly overhead

Mythical Bird is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. Blowdown Mountain stands 1,400 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Pioneer Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980
Material
yellow cedar
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.54223, -122.22413

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pioneer Park: 0.2 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Engstrom Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Island Crest Park: 0.7 mi
  • Clarke Beach Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Garden Taft: 2.4 mi
  • Fera Fera Forest: 2.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Maple Woods: 2.8 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • First Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Long View Peak: 5.8 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.8 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 3.0 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 4.5 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 5.4 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 6.4 mi
  • Camp Long: 7.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Beaches: 58
  • Kennydale Beach: 1.5 mi
  • North Beach: 1.9 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 2.2 mi
  • Calkins Point: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 1.4 mi
  • Shelter #1: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.2 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.4 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • North Fork Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Waterwall: 5.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 5.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.1 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Mythical Bird. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blowdown MountainE 95°1,400 m23.3 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 94°1,326 m23.1 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 96°1,254 m22.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 106°1,004 m20.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 105°994.257 m19.5 mi
East Tiger MountainESE 106°913 m13.4 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 103°891 m11.9 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 102°841 m11.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
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/4912134402

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