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Turtle Island Puget Sound

Turtle Island Puget Sound from directly overhead

Turtle Island Puget Sound is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak stands 994 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Dancer, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 8.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2009
Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.40789, -122.31967

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Dancer: 0.0 mi
  • Tailslip: 0.0 mi
  • Big Catch: 0.3 mi
  • Blackfish: 0.6 mi
  • Joy: 0.6 mi
Parks
  • Field House Park: 0.2 mi
  • Big Catch Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Des Moines Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Des Moines Beach Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sound View Park: 0.5 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Park: 1.7 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 2.4 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 2.5 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 3.1 mi
  • Bingaman Pond Natural Area: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Star Lake Rain Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Kent Community Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Burien Community Garden: 4.7 mi
  • School garden: 4.8 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 5.0 mi
Peaks
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Indian Hill: 8.3 mi
  • Indian Point: 8.5 mi
  • High Point: 9.5 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Crow Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 8.2 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 8.5 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Woodmont Country Club: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 5.9 mi
  • Shelter 2: 7.5 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 11.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 6
  • Maplewood Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 19.6 mi
  • Licton Springs: 20.1 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Turtle Island Puget Sound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 80°994.257 m23.6 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 72°913 m18.3 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 67°891 m17.4 mi
Enumclaw MountainESE 118°849 m22.5 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 66°841 m17.1 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 72°795 m17.2 mi
Taylor MountainE 81°792 m20.1 mi
Brew HillE 83°774 m20.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676763544742
Precip in5.83.84.23.21.91.40.61.01.63.96.35.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11048385272

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