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Windstar

Windstar from directly overhead

Windstar is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Flash Mountain stands 909 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Port Plaza Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 109 VIC QUEETS TO JCT SR 5 VIC OLYMPIA passes 1.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze;steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.05031, -122.90462

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Port Plaza Park: 0.0 mi
  • Gallacci Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Percival Landing Park: 0.3 mi
  • Heritage Park: 0.4 mi
  • East Bay Public Plaza: 0.4 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Rock Candy Mountain: 10.1 mi
  • Bartlett Hill: 10.3 mi
  • Cosgrave Hill: 10.4 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 10.5 mi
  • Jansen Hill: 10.6 mi
Artworks: 48
Gardens: 33
Museums: 32
Attractions: 25
Nature reserves: 22
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • McAllister Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Silver Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Crystal Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 16.4 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Environmental Study Area: 9.3 mi
  • Picnic Point: 18.6 mi
  • Main Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
  • Kiwanis Picnic Area: 23.5 mi
  • Potlach State Park Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Kennedy Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Mima Falls: 12.9 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Porter Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Bloody Falls: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Windstar. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flash MountainWSW 248°909 m11.4 mi
Capitol PeakWSW 244°787 m12.2 mi
Larch MountainWSW 248°774 m11.8 mi
Rock Candy MountainWSW 254°701 m10.1 mi
Fuzzy TopWSW 238°462 m14.5 mi
Mount MollySW 233°344 m11.0 mi
Little Larch MountainWSW 237°342 m11.9 mi
Blumauer HillSSE 167°291 m15.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:1720:2421:11
September equinox06:5918:3119:11
December solstice07:5615:3316:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404144485559646459504339
Precip in7.85.15.73.72.31.50.51.02.05.18.27.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Olympia AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12249344295

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