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Parable

Parable from directly overhead

Parable is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dragonfly, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 4.5 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2008
Material
iron
Getting there

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Coordinates47.52364, -122.27876

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Rainier Beach Pickleball Courts: 0.2 mi
  • Rainier Beach Playfield: 0.3 mi
  • Detective Cookie Chess Park: 0.5 mi
  • Park Drive South Street End: 0.8 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Mountainside: 0.8 mi
  • Fera Fera Forest: 0.9 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Kubota Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 60
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 1.7 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 4.9 mi
  • Camp Long: 5.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.8 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 58
  • First Hill: 4.4 mi
  • High Point: 4.7 mi
  • First Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 2.2 mi
  • Shelter #1: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.1 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.3 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 10
  • North Fork Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Waterwall: 7.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.9 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.4 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 101°1,004 m22.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 100°994.257 m21.7 mi
East Tiger MountainE 99°913 m15.7 mi
West Tiger #1E 95°891 m14.2 mi
West Tiger #2E 94°841 m13.7 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 100°795 m14.7 mi
Taylor MountainESE 105°792 m18.6 mi
Brew HillESE 106°774 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12100097664

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