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Wings of the West Wind

Wings of the West Wind from directly overhead

Wings of the West Wind is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 532 m. North Gardner Mountain stands 2,730 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Homestream Park, a park 0.2 miles away. JCT KEYSTONE FERRY ZONE WHIDBEY ISLAND TO JCT SR 153 VIC TWISP runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Built
2013
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.47298, -120.18042

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 18
  • Homestream Park: 0.2 mi
  • Confluence Park: 0.3 mi
  • Heckendorn Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mack Lloyd Park: 0.5 mi
  • Patterson Lake Public Access: 3.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 3
Historic sites: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Okanogan County Electric Cooperative: 0.3 mi
  • Entro: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Cedar Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Bighorn Falls: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Museums: 1
  • Methow Valley Interpretive Center: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Native Plant Gardens: 8.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Wings of the West Wind. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
North Gardner MountainWNW 281°2,730 m15.0 mi
Gardner MountainW 280°2,712 m14.3 mi
Oval PeakSW 221°2,665 m17.0 mi
Hoodoo PeakSSW 206°2,571 m17.0 mi
Abernathy PeakW 271°2,523 m15.8 mi
Wolftit PeakW 274°2,432 m15.5 mi
Clark PeakNE 44°2,404.9 m17.1 mi
Spirit PeakSSW 212°2,396 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3219:14
June solstice05:0020:1721:07
September equinox06:4818:1919:00
December solstice07:5115:1416:09

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F232838475561686859463322
Precip in2.11.31.20.81.11.10.70.40.41.42.02.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winthrop 1 WSW, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6744967393

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