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Water Carry

Water Carry from directly overhead

Water Carry is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ stands 1,254 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is 57th Avenue South Mini Park, a park 0.4 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 6.9 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
1997
Inscription
The Grandmother Shook her baskets Of rain and made the ice go away So the people Could come and Live here.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.47854, -122.26209

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 57th Avenue South Mini Park: 0.4 mi
  • Macadam Winter Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Hazelnut Park: 0.5 mi
  • Codiga Park: 0.9 mi
  • Riverton Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 1.9 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 1.9 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 1.9 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Space Needle of Renton: 2.2 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 3.1 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 3.2 mi
  • LEM: 3.2 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 3.0 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 3.2 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 3.6 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 4.2 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 4.4 mi
Beaches
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 4.0 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 4.8 mi
  • North Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Marshall's Hill: 6.5 mi
  • High Point: 6.8 mi
  • First Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Long View Peak: 7.9 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 8.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 4.9 mi
  • Shelter #1: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 7.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 10
  • Far Country Falls: 6.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Waterwall: 9.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 15.7 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Water Carry. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 85°1,254 m24.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 94°1,004 m21.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 92°994.257 m20.6 mi
East Tiger MountainE 87°913 m14.7 mi
West Tiger #1E 82°891 m13.5 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 132°849 m23.2 mi
West Tiger #2E 81°841 m13.1 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 88°795 m13.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11454574572

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