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Story Pole IV

Story Pole IV from directly overhead

Story Pole IV is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Mount Teneriffe stands 1,459 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillaire Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.61710, -122.13292

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hillaire Park: 0.3 mi
  • Crossroads Park: 0.4 mi
  • International Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Chevy Chase Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Ivanhoe Performing Arts Theatre and Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 4.2 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 4.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 6.1 mi
  • Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 6.1 mi
Peaks
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.5 mi
  • First Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Long View Peak: 6.8 mi
  • Promontory Point: 6.9 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area A: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.7 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 4.7 mi
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 6.9 mi
Waterfalls: 26
  • Waterwall: 2.2 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 6.8 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Story Pole IV. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TeneriffeESE 110°1,459 m21.7 mi
Green MountainESE 108°1,431 m22.5 mi
Dixie PeakESE 109°1,404 m20.6 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 110°1,400 m20.3 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 110°1,326 m20.0 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 112°1,254 m19.9 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSE 126°1,004 m18.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakSE 125°994.257 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1120:2221:11
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5515:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424347515761676762544642
Precip in5.13.53.93.02.21.60.81.01.73.75.95.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12245117174

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