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Wendy the Welder

Wendy the Welder from directly overhead

Wendy the Welder is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Ilchee, a artwork 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.61436, -122.65107

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Ilchee: 0.2 mi
  • Cannon Replica Project: 1.2 mi
  • Boat of Discovery: 1.2 mi
  • Spike Flower: 1.3 mi
  • The Winged Woman: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Royce E. Pollard Japanese Friendship Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Marshall Park Community Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Welcome to Washington: 1.7 mi
  • Kenton Neighborhood Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
Parks
  • Evergreen Aboretum: 0.9 mi
  • Hazel Hart Park: 0.9 mi
  • Memory / Mill Plain Park: 1.0 mi
  • Quarnberg Park: 1.1 mi
  • Old Apple Tree Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 44
Picnic sites: 27
  • Shelter A: 3.4 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 6.4 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Surprise Beach: 0.4 mi
  • North Beach: 0.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 3.3 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Waud Bluff: 4.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.3 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 9.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 3
  • School District Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 24.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Wendy the Welder. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainENE 67°1,057 m18.6 mi
Elkhorn MountainENE 57°679 m16.0 mi
Bells MountainNE 39°674 m18.5 mi
Livingston MountainENE 72°595 m14.4 mi
Spotted Deer MountainNE 51°594 m17.0 mi
Spud MountainENE 69°576 m15.2 mi
Rye HillWNW 295°566 m20.4 mi
Yacolt MountainNNE 30°536 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347525863696964544641
Precip in5.33.83.92.92.51.60.40.51.43.45.56.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver Pearson AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6600929936

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