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The Gathering Place

The Gathering Place from directly overhead

The Gathering Place is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cascadia Cultivars, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 5.2 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1996
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.47983, -122.30330

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 0.0 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 0.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 0.1 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.2 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 4.2 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 4.8 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 2.6 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 2.6 mi
  • LEM: 2.7 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 2.7 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 2.7 mi
Beaches
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 3.9 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 3.9 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 5.0 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 5.1 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 56
  • High Point: 5.4 mi
  • First Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 8.2 mi
  • First Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 5.4 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.5 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 8.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 10.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Licton Springs: 15.2 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 24.2 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 24.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 93°1,004 m23.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 92°994.257 m22.5 mi
East Tiger MountainE 88°913 m16.6 mi
West Tiger #1E 84°891 m15.4 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 130°849 m24.7 mi
West Tiger #2E 82°841 m15.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 88°795 m15.6 mi
Taylor MountainE 95°792 m19.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676763544742
Precip in5.83.84.23.21.91.40.61.01.63.96.35.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1414289929

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