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Tommy the Turtle

Tommy the Turtle from directly overhead

Tommy the Turtle is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennydale Beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 3.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
concrete
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.52357, -122.20765

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Kennydale Beach Park: 0.0 mi
  • Clarke Beach Park: 0.8 mi
  • The Lookout: 0.9 mi
  • Little Rhody Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kennydale Lions Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Garden Taft: 1.9 mi
  • Maple Woods: 2.8 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Fera Fera Forest: 2.8 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 2.9 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 4.9 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 5.0 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 6.0 mi
  • Ricardi Reach Natural Area: 6.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Marshall's Hill: 3.2 mi
  • First Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Long View Peak: 4.9 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.2 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Kennydale Beach: 0.0 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 3.2 mi
  • North Beach: 3.4 mi
  • Calkins Point: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 38
  • Shelter 2: 2.7 mi
  • Shelter #1: 4.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 4.5 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • North Fork Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Waterwall: 6.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 13.6 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.9 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Tommy the Turtle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakE 90°1,404 m23.0 mi
Blowdown MountainE 92°1,400 m22.5 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 91°1,326 m22.3 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 93°1,254 m21.9 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 103°1,004 m19.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 102°994.257 m18.4 mi
East Tiger MountainE 101°913 m12.4 mi
West Tiger #1E 97°891 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2221:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676862544642
Precip in4.93.23.72.81.91.50.60.91.53.55.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Renton Muni AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9910508442

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