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Time Square Sundial

Time Square Sundial from directly overhead

Time Square Sundial is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ stands 1,254 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Springbrook Greenbelt, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 9.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2004-09-21
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Coordinates47.44645, -122.22564

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 0.7 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 1.0 mi
  • Vila Real Wildlife Conservation: 2.3 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 3.0 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 3.3 mi
Parks
  • The Pointe Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Thomas Teasdale Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.2 mi
  • Talbot Hill Reservoir Park: 1.3 mi
  • Greenleaf Neighborhood Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Space Needle of Renton: 3.0 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 5.9 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 5.9 mi
  • LEM: 5.9 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 6.0 mi
Gardens
  • Kent Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 4.3 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Long View Peak: 7.6 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 8.0 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 8.8 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Kennydale Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 6.0 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 7.6 mi
  • North Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 8.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 7.2 mi
  • Woodmont Country Club: 7.5 mi
  • May Valley Trailhead Picnic Site: 8.4 mi
  • Shelter #1: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Far Country Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 6
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Licton Springs: 18.2 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 19.3 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Time Square Sundial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 79°1,254 m23.1 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 87°1,004 m19.6 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 85°994.257 m18.9 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 77°913 m13.3 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 71°891 m12.3 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 131°849 m20.4 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 69°841 m12.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 77°795 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5415:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447525863686863534641
Precip in5.84.04.43.12.11.70.70.91.54.16.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12794677660

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