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Olympic Carvings

Olympic Carvings from directly overhead

Olympic Carvings is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is A Story Place, a artwork 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 2.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
wood
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.01438, -122.86520

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • LBA Woods: 0.3 mi
  • LBA Park: 0.4 mi
  • Sugarloaf Park: 0.7 mi
  • Ward Lake Park: 0.7 mi
  • Briggs Village Community Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bartlett Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Cosgrave Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Rumble Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Fitch Hill: 9.4 mi
Artworks: 41
Museums: 33
  • Henderson House Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Crosby House Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Puget Sound Estuarium: 2.7 mi
  • Bigelow House Museum: 2.7 mi
  • Hands On Children's Museum: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 33
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 2.1 mi
  • Yashiro Japanese Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Fairie Perennial & Herb Gardens: 2.3 mi
  • Capitol Sunken Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 2.6 mi
Attractions: 25
Nature reserves: 23
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • McAllister Springs: 6.7 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Nisqually Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Mima Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Kennedy Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Porter Falls: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Environmental Study Area: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Point: 18.0 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Olympic Carvings. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flash MountainW 262°909 m12.6 mi
Capitol PeakWSW 258°787 m13.2 mi
Larch MountainW 262°774 m13.0 mi
Rock Candy MountainW 268°701 m11.6 mi
Crawford MountainSSE 158°453 m12.8 mi
Northcraft MountainSSE 168°429 m13.0 mi
Mount MollyWSW 248°344 m11.4 mi
Little Larch MountainWSW 252°342 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2321:11
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5515:3416:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12143243735

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