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Watch My Tail

Watch My Tail from directly overhead

Watch My Tail is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. The Three Sisters stands 1,237 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Aspen Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT MT RAINIER NATIONAL PARK TO JCT SR 162 VIC SOUTH PRAIRIE passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates47.26478, -122.22950

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Aspen Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pacific City Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 0.5 mi
  • Roegner Park: 0.5 mi
  • Dorothy Bothell Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
  • Midway Games: 3.9 mi
  • Riptide: 3.9 mi
  • Zooma Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Konga Slides: 4.0 mi
  • Jumping Juniors: 4.4 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 12.2 mi
  • Stanridge Hill: 12.3 mi
  • Fell Hill: 13.1 mi
  • Haystack: 13.4 mi
Picnic sites: 34
  • Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 5.3 mi
  • Woodmont Country Club: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 32
  • Sex Cove: 2.2 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Owen Beach: 14.4 mi
  • North Beach: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 7
  • Victor Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 18.8 mi
Springs: 5
  • Maplewood Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Watch My Tail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The Three SistersSE 124°1,237 m20.0 mi
Enumclaw MountainE 93°849 m15.6 mi
Tiger Middle SummitNE 38°795 m19.5 mi
Gleason HillSSE 148°699 m18.7 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitNE 43°629 m18.5 mi
South Tiger MountainNE 43°619 m18.4 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakNNE 27°618 m18.6 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakNNE 26°608 m18.4 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 solstice07:5415:3016:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525862676762544742
Precip in6.04.04.43.42.01.40.60.81.64.16.56.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12177661964

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