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Olympic Visions

Olympic Visions from directly overhead

Olympic Visions is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mount Carrie stands 2,125 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.11879, -123.43371

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Mount Pleasant: 5.6 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • First Top: 7.1 mi
  • Second Top: 7.8 mi
  • McDonald Mountain: 8.0 mi
Parks: 51
  • Conrad Dyar Memorial Fountain Park: 0.0 mi
  • James Viewpoint: 0.1 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pebble Beach Park: 0.2 mi
Attractions: 31
  • Adventures Through Kayaking: 3.3 mi
  • Olympic Cellars Winery: 6.5 mi
  • Rain Shadow Lavender Farm: 11.1 mi
  • Llamas: 13.0 mi
  • Zebras: 13.0 mi
Museums: 8
Historic sites: 6
  • Peace Through Trade Bell: 0.2 mi
  • 9-11 Monument: 0.7 mi
  • Military Service Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Giant Sea Lion Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Dungeness School House: 14.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Hot springs: 5
Artworks: 4
  • Gray Wolf & Pups: 0.2 mi
  • Mother & Child: 0.2 mi
  • Oc: 0.2 mi
  • Kite Girl: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Crescent Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Murdock Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Twin River Surf Beach: 24.0 mi
  • West Twin Beach: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 3
Picnic sites: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Springs: 2
  • Hot spring #30: 13.9 mi
  • Hot spring #31: 14.1 mi
Lighthouses: 1
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Olympic Visions. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarrieSSW 213°2,125 m18.4 mi
Mount FairchildSSW 212°2,108 m17.7 mi
Ruth PeakSSW 210°2,088 m18.5 mi
Elk MountainSSE 164°2,064.4 m14.0 mi
Moose PeakS 169°2,058.3 m16.5 mi
Mount MichaelSSW 212°2,057 m18.3 mi
McCartney PeakS 173°2,051 m18.4 mi
Grand Pass PeakS 169°2,042.5 m17.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4619:27
June solstice05:1420:2921:18
September equinox07:0118:3219:13
December solstice08:0215:2916:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414244485457616158504441
Precip in3.82.42.41.61.11.10.50.71.23.24.44.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Angeles, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4987017068

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