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Sitka Alder

Sitka Alder from directly overhead

Sitka Alder is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 76 m. Moolock Mountain stands 1,514 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Oso-Plum, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
2003
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.53385, -122.02106

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Westridge South Park: 0.2 mi
  • Freedom Park: 0.5 mi
  • Roosevelt Park: 0.5 mi
  • West Highlands Park: 0.5 mi
  • Westridge Community Garden: 0.6 mi
Gardens
  • Westridge Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 0.7 mi
  • High Street Linear Park Botanical Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Sunset Walk Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Issaquah Community Garden: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • World War 2 Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Bullitt Fireplace: 2.5 mi
  • Hans Jensen: 2.6 mi
  • Green House: 2.7 mi
  • Nike Site S-20: 4.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Old Bus: 1.0 mi
  • Pickering Place: 1.7 mi
  • Fantastic Erratic: 2.8 mi
  • Future Exhibit: 3.0 mi
  • Wallabies: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
  • Issaquah Creek Natural Area: 1.8 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 4.3 mi
  • Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 4.9 mi
  • Raging River Natural Area: 5.1 mi
  • Jones Reach Natural Area: 5.5 mi
Peaks
  • West Tiger #3: 2.1 mi
  • Squak Mountain Central Peak: 2.4 mi
  • West Tiger #2: 2.4 mi
  • Poo Poo Point: 2.5 mi
  • Squak Mountain Southeast Peak: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 50
Picnic sites: 36
Waterfalls: 32
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 3.9 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 5.1 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Springs: 3
  • Canyon Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Licton Springs: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Sitka Alder. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moolock MountainE 87°1,514 m17.7 mi
Mount TeneriffeE 96°1,459 m15.3 mi
Green MountainE 94°1,431 m16.3 mi
Bootalicious PeakE 89°1,411 m17.2 mi
Dixie PeakE 93°1,404 m14.3 mi
Blowdown MountainE 96°1,400 m13.9 mi
Mount WashingtonESE 116°1,346 m16.7 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 94°1,326 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1120:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5415:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245505560656560524541
Precip in8.65.86.75.34.03.11.21.23.06.29.58.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snoqualmie Falls, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12138003725

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