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Playful Pup

Playful Pup from directly overhead

Playful Pup is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Blowdown Mountain stands 1,400 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Stepping Forward, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 runs past it. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.59133, -122.24735

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Aubrey Davis Park: 0.2 mi
  • Roanoke Park: 0.2 mi
  • Roanoke Landing: 0.3 mi
  • Secret Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lincoln Landing: 0.5 mi
Peaks: 60
  • First Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 3.4 mi
  • First Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 5.7 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Bradner Gardens Park: 2.3 mi
  • Green Plate Special Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Nova Farm: 2.7 mi
  • César Chávez Demonstration Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Stick + Stones Outdoor Hummingbird Planting Garden: 3.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 4.9 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 5.2 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 6.2 mi
  • Camp Long: 6.3 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 7.0 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Calkins Point: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Baker Beach: 2.0 mi
  • North Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 2.4 mi
  • East Harrison Street End: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Area A: 1.0 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 1.1 mi
  • Shelter #1: 2.3 mi
  • Shelter 2: 2.9 mi
Lighthouses: 19
Waterfalls: 17
  • Waterwall: 3.4 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 9
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 8.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blowdown MountainESE 102°1,400 m24.9 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 102°1,326 m24.7 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 104°1,254 m24.4 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 114°1,004 m22.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 113°994.257 m21.6 mi
East Tiger MountainESE 117°913 m15.7 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 115°891 m14.0 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 115°841 m13.5 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4911774692

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