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The Hawk

The Hawk from directly overhead

The Hawk is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 68 m. Black Hill stands 153 m to the east, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Closed Loop Park, a garden 0.5 miles away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.06119, -122.76901

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • TCSA Bucknell Park: 0.9 mi
  • Thompson Place Park: 0.9 mi
  • L.O.T.T. Hawks Prairie Ponds & Recharge Basins: 0.9 mi
  • Tanglewild Park: 1.1 mi
  • Gateway Park: 1.2 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Medicene Creek Treaty Monument: 3.0 mi
  • Shipwreck: 5.4 mi
  • Willamette Meridian Monument: 5.4 mi
  • Fort Eaton Monument: 5.4 mi
  • (Unknown): 5.6 mi
Peaks
  • Bartlett Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Cosgrave Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Jansen Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Fitch Hill: 4.7 mi
Artworks
Museums: 46
Gardens: 43
  • Closed Loop Park: 0.5 mi
  • Thruston County Community Food Bank Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Panorama Resident Gardens: 3.4 mi
  • Woodland Elementary Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Wendell Berry Community Garden: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves: 30
Beaches: 15
Picnic sites: 10
  • Environmental Study Area: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Point: 12.5 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 17.4 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 17.5 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 8
  • McAllister Springs: 3.1 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 10.7 mi
  • Silver Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Nisqually Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Kennedy Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Mima Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Porter Falls: 24.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 5
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of The Hawk. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black HillE 82°153 m5.5 mi
Goodman HillE 84°145 m5.9 mi
Toland HillESE 104°143 m5.1 mi
Starr HillE 99°141 m5.4 mi
Kelly HillE 91°140 m7.9 mi
Newman HillE 89°138 m5.9 mi
Bare HillE 79°136 m5.9 mi
Sanders HillE 90°135 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1620:2321:11
September equinox06:5918:3019:11
December solstice07:5515:3316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12347853409

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