Boeing Centennial
Boeing Centennial is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Roanoke Street Mini Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 2.8 miles off. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
From this site, Boeing launched its first airplane, the B & W, in 1916.Employees manufactured the parts at the Red Barn and assembled them here in a specially built hangar.
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 2.9 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 2.9 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 3.4 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 2 mi
- East Portal View · 4 mi
- Seattle viewpoint · 8 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Roanoke Street Mini Park: 0.0 mi
- Fairview Avenue East Street End: 0.0 mi
- East Louisa Street End: 0.1 mi
- Rogers Playground: 0.2 mi
- East Hamlin Street End: 0.2 mi
- MV Skansonia: 0.7 mi
- Lotus: 1.1 mi
- Duwamish: 1.1 mi
- Swiftsure (LV-83): 1.1 mi
- Discovery: 1.1 mi
- Streissguth Gardens: 0.7 mi
- Tikvah's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Dahlia garden: 1.1 mi
- Desert: 1.1 mi
- Warm Tropics: 1.1 mi
- Northwest Seaport: 1.1 mi
- Seattle Asian Art Museum: 1.1 mi
- Museum of History and Industry: 1.1 mi
- Center for Wooden Boats: 1.1 mi
- Henry Art Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Bruce and Brandon Lee Graves: 0.9 mi
- Princess Angeline Grave: 0.9 mi
- Louisa Boren Plaque: 1.0 mi
- Berlin Wall Fragment: 1.0 mi
- Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes: 1.0 mi
- Twins on a Wire: 0.2 mi
- Dreamboats: 0.2 mi
- Concrete Train Trestles: 0.3 mi
- Gas Works Memorial Sundial: 0.4 mi
- Wallingford Steps: 0.4 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 1.2 mi
- 6th Avenue West Street End: 1.8 mi
- West Thomas Street End: 2.2 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 2.3 mi
- Bay Street End: 2.3 mi
- Waldo Woods: 3.4 mi
- Bartonwood Natural Area: 4.1 mi
- Kingfisher Natural Area: 4.2 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 5.1 mi
- Pipers Creek Natural Area: 5.3 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.2 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.0 mi
- First Hill: 2.4 mi
- Magnolia: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 6.0 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.2 mi
- Shelter 2: 7.4 mi
- Quarters A: 5.1 mi
- Quarters B: 5.1 mi
- West Point Light: 5.1 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Ship's Store: 17.9 mi
- Waterwall: 7.4 mi
- North Fork Falls: 11.8 mi
- Far Country Falls: 12.6 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
- Doughty Falls: 13.3 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 4.4 mi
- Pigeon Point: 5.2 mi
- Scatchet Head: 19.2 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 2.3 mi
- Licton Springs: 3.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Boeing Centennial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 121° | 913 m | 20.8 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 123° | 795 m | 20.0 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 123° | 792 m | 24.1 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | SE 126° | 629 m | 21.2 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain | SE 126° | 619 m | 21.3 mi |
| Squak Mountain Central Peak | SE 126° | 618 m | 16.3 mi |
| Squak Mountain West Peak | SE 127° | 608 m | 15.9 mi |
| Poo Poo Point | ESE 123° | 564 m | 17.9 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 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 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 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4431195263
Day trips start here
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 1 mi
- Seattle/Fremont · 1 mi
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 1 mi
- Seattle/University District · 1 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 2 mi
- Seattle · 3 mi
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