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Owls

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Owls is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Square Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.38243, -122.23440

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Town Square Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Kaibara Park: 0.0 mi
  • Yangzhou Park: 0.1 mi
  • Rosebed Park: 0.1 mi
  • Kherson Park: 0.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Blue Star Memorial By-Way: 0.5 mi
  • Another Place, Another Time: 0.5 mi
  • Downey Bridge Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Saar's Pioneer Cemetery: 2.2 mi
  • Dedicated In Memory of Those Buried in Unmarked Graves: 2.2 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Kent Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Kent East Hill Nursery Display Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Star Lake Rain Garden: 3.2 mi
  • School garden: 3.3 mi
  • Heritage Flower Garden: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 2.2 mi
  • Grandview Park: 2.7 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 2.7 mi
  • Vila Real Wildlife Conservation: 3.3 mi
  • Bingaman Pond Natural Area: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 9.9 mi
  • Indian Hill: 9.9 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 10.7 mi
  • Long View Peak: 11.3 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Crow Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Sex Cove: 10.1 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Woodmont Country Club: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Far Country Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 13.4 mi
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 21.1 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 22.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Owls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakENE 75°1,004 m20.7 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakENE 73°994.257 m20.2 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 61°913 m15.3 mi
West Tiger #1NE 55°891 m14.7 mi
Enumclaw MountainESE 120°849 m18.2 mi
West Tiger #2NE 53°841 m14.6 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 60°795 m14.3 mi
Taylor MountainENE 72°792 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5415:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447525863686863534641
Precip in5.84.04.43.12.11.70.70.91.54.16.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10067295713

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