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The Great Outdoors

The Great Outdoors from directly overhead

The Great Outdoors is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. East Fay Peak stands 1,988 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Elk on the Trail, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Chinook Scenic Byway passes 0.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.19183, -121.99953

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Elk on the Trail: 0.1 mi
  • Foal: 0.9 mi
  • Canoe: 6.1 mi
  • Bacon and Eggs: 6.2 mi
  • The Wilkeson Way to Carbon Glacier: 6.3 mi
Parks
  • Veterans Triangle: 0.5 mi
  • Scott Park: 0.5 mi
  • Flensted Park: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rainier Trails Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Purple Heart Memorial: 0.7 mi
  • Buckley Log Show: 2.1 mi
  • Buckley Log Show Logger's Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Stilley-Kirtley Historic Log Structure: 2.3 mi
  • Buckley Veteran's Memorial: 2.8 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Pinnacle Peak: 1.8 mi
  • Baldy Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Baldy Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Long Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Stanridge Hill: 4.0 mi
Attractions
  • Fright Factory Haunted House: 1.8 mi
  • Vforce: 5.4 mi
  • Remote Control Airfield: 6.3 mi
  • Skookum Slope Mine & Queen Mine Cars: 6.4 mi
  • Caboose: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves: 54
  • Middle Boise Creek Natural Area: 0.8 mi
  • Stonequarry Creek Natural Area: 3.8 mi
  • Fell Hill Park: 4.2 mi
  • Flaming Geyser Natural Area: 6.3 mi
  • Metzler Park: 7.7 mi
Museums: 41
  • Enumclaw Plateau Historical Society Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Foothills Historical Society: 2.3 mi
  • Black Diamond Historical Museum: 8.1 mi
  • White River Valley Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Fire Engine Museum: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 32
  • Victor Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Chenuis Falls: 15.6 mi
  • Ranger Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Ipsut Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Alice Falls: 18.8 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Site #7: 12.8 mi
  • Site #8: 12.8 mi
  • Site #6: 12.8 mi
  • Site #5: 12.8 mi
  • Site #4: 12.8 mi
Cliffs: 18
Ghost towns: 14
Lighthouses: 11
Beaches: 6
  • Waterfront: 5.7 mi
  • Sex Cove: 10.1 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 21.2 mi
  • South Beach: 21.6 mi
  • North Beach: 21.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Maplewood Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of The Great Outdoors. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Fay PeakSSE 158°1,988 m19.4 mi
Fay PeakSSE 158°1,981 m19.3 mi
First Mother MountainSSE 157°1,976 m19.0 mi
Second Mother MountainSSE 154°1,943 m18.8 mi
Castle PeakSSE 157°1,838 m18.3 mi
Bearhead MountainSE 143°1,825 m14.5 mi
Tyee PeakSE 145°1,793 m19.3 mi
Tolmie PeakSSE 160°1,790 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1320:2021:08
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
December solstice07:5315:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414245495559646459514440
Precip in5.94.75.24.23.52.91.11.22.44.76.85.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckley 1 NE, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1368017818

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