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Tukwila Rock

Tukwila Rock from directly overhead

Tukwila Rock is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Orillia, a ghost town less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 9.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
brick
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.44136, -122.24526

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 1.0 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 2.1 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 2.6 mi
  • Vila Real Wildlife Conservation: 2.8 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Briscoe Park: 0.9 mi
  • Tukwila Pond Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.1 mi
  • Tukwila Pond Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bow Lake Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Space Needle of Renton: 3.6 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 5.8 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 5.8 mi
  • LEM: 5.8 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 5.8 mi
Gardens
  • Kent Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 3.8 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 3.8 mi
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Long View Peak: 8.6 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 8.9 mi
  • High Point: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Kennydale Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 6.2 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 7.4 mi
  • North Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 8.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Woodmont Country Club: 6.7 mi
  • Shelter 2: 7.5 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 8.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 18.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Tukwila Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 87°1,004 m20.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 84°994.257 m19.9 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 77°913 m14.3 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 71°891 m13.3 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 129°849 m20.9 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 69°841 m13.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 77°795 m13.2 mi
Taylor MountainE 87°792 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
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 °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/13809725915

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