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Snaking Root Ceiling

Snaking Root Ceiling from directly overhead

Snaking Root Ceiling is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,702 m to the east, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Dendritic Root Floor, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT EAST SUNSET WAY VIC ISSAQUAH TO VIC THORP passes 3.2 miles off.

Four tree roots, harvested in the area, are suspended in the pitched-roof entry to the Education Center. Loose material harvested with the roots, such as rocks remain, secured to the roots. Three tree remnants are intertwined with five to seven root-lik

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Coordinates47.42718, -121.77386

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
  • Cedar Butte: 1.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain - East Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak: 2.6 mi
  • Tanner: 2.9 mi
  • Lookout Mountain: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Dahlgren Family Park: 3.7 mi
  • Tanner Landing Park: 3.9 mi
  • Forster Woods Lower Park: 4.1 mi
  • Si View Park: 4.4 mi
  • Torguson Park: 4.5 mi
Waterfalls
Gardens: 52
  • Legacy Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Glacier Park Community Garden: 12.8 mi
  • Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 12.9 mi
  • Perennial Border: 12.9 mi
  • Rhododendron Glen: 12.9 mi
Nature reserves: 51
  • Cottonwood Natural Area: 8.9 mi
  • Raging River Natural Area: 9.9 mi
  • Crow Marsh Natural Area: 11.6 mi
  • BN Peninsula Natural Area: 11.7 mi
  • Lower Peterson Creek Corridor Natural Area: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 44
  • Semi Wall: 4.5 mi
  • Club Paradiso: 4.7 mi
  • Actual Cave: 4.7 mi
  • Amazonia: 4.7 mi
  • Snoqualmie Centennial Log Pavilion: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 23
Museums: 20
Ghost towns: 15
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 11
Springs: 1
  • Canyon Spring: 0.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Snaking Root Ceiling. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceE 87°1,702 m9.8 mi
Revolution PeakENE 70°1,662 m9.3 mi
Web MountainE 83°1,626 m8.6 mi
Bandera MountainE 94°1,597 m11.0 mi
Putrid Pete's PeakE 84°1,591 m8.8 mi
Little Bandera MountainE 93°1,573 m10.6 mi
McClellan ButteE 101°1,557 m7.2 mi
Pratt MountainE 90°1,554 m11.5 mi
Conditions

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Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:3919:20
June solstice05:1120:2021:08
September equinox06:5518:2619:07
December solstice07:5315:2716:19

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363739445055616156484035
Precip in13.09.210.69.26.65.62.12.44.89.714.612.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cedar Lake, 1 mi away.

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3211765130

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