Wit and Wisdom
Wit and Wisdom is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Welcome 2 Hillman City, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.6 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Two cast concrete gateway pieces and two painted steel pillars. The pillars are embellished with various images and two representative proverbs. 24 Bronze plaques inscribed with proverbs are installed around the concrete base of the pillars.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 4.5 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 4.5 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 4.6 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
Overlooks nearby
- East Portal View · 3 mi
- Viewing Platform · 4 mi
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Welcome 2 Hillman City: 0.0 mi
- Future Home of Dragon Land: 0.4 mi
- Findlay Sanctuary: 0.5 mi
- A Place Called Home: 0.7 mi
- Spirit of Washington: 0.7 mi
- Brighton Playfield: 0.3 mi
- Hitt's Hill Park: 0.4 mi
- Lakewood Playground: 0.6 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.7 mi
- Bamboo Park: 0.9 mi
- Rhodes Holocaust Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Sick's Stadium Home Plate: 2.2 mi
- Tribute wall: 2.4 mi
- Anthony Q. Harris Memorial Bench: 2.4 mi
- LGM-30 Minuteman Silo Training Site: 2.6 mi
- Georgetown Steam Plant: 1.9 mi
- Connections Musuem: 2.2 mi
- The Red Barn: 2.4 mi
- Museum of Flight: 2.4 mi
- Space Gallery: 2.4 mi
- Snoqualmie P-Patch: 1.9 mi
- Green Plate Special Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- César Chávez Demonstration Garden: 2.6 mi
- Fera Fera Forest: 2.6 mi
- Bradner Gardens Park: 2.6 mi
- Lockheed 1049G Super Constellation: 2.4 mi
- Air Force One: 2.4 mi
- Midnight Express: 2.4 mi
- Apollo Command Module 007A: 2.4 mi
- Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 2.4 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 3.1 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.9 mi
- Camp Long: 4.5 mi
- Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 6.0 mi
- North Beach: 1.4 mi
- Pritchard Island Beach: 1.6 mi
- Mount Baker Beach: 2.3 mi
- 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.4 mi
- Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 3.7 mi
- First Hill: 2.8 mi
- First Hill: 4.4 mi
- High Point: 4.7 mi
- Cherry Hill: 4.8 mi
- Capitol Hill: 5.6 mi
- Shelter #1: 1.0 mi
- Shelter 2: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.5 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 3.7 mi
- Quarters A: 10.6 mi
- Quarters B: 10.6 mi
- West Point Light: 10.6 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Oil House: 12.1 mi
- Waterwall: 6.1 mi
- North Fork Falls: 6.9 mi
- Far Country Falls: 7.3 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 7.8 mi
- Doughty Falls: 8.2 mi
- Pigeon Point: 4.0 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 9.9 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 23.9 mi
- World Wall: 24.7 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 8.4 mi
- Licton Springs: 10.6 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wit and Wisdom. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak | ESE 106° | 1,004 m | 22.9 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak | ESE 105° | 994.257 m | 22.0 mi |
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 106° | 913 m | 16.0 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 103° | 891 m | 14.5 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 102° | 841 m | 14.0 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 107° | 795 m | 15.1 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 110° | 792 m | 19.1 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 112° | 774 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/3211765153
Day trips start here
- Seattle/South · 0 mi
- Mercer Island · 2 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 3 mi
- Seattle · 4 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 4 mi
- White Center · 4 mi
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