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Celebrating God's Favor

Celebrating God's Favor from directly overhead

Celebrating God's Favor is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Youngs Trailhead Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 7.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2004-10
Material
metal
Inscription
Celebrating God's Favor on this "Unremarkable Piece of Land"
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.43798, -122.11789

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lake Youngs Trailhead Park: 0.1 mi
  • Petrovitsky Park: 0.2 mi
  • Petrovitsky Park Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • The Parks Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wembley Park Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Squak Mountain West Peak: 5.3 mi
  • Squak Mountain Southeast Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Squak Mountain Central Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Long View Peak: 5.7 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Wetland 14 Natural Area: 1.4 mi
  • Ricardi Reach Natural Area: 1.9 mi
  • Larry Phillips Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Jones Reach Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Lower Peterson Creek Corridor Natural Area: 3.5 mi
Gardens
  • Native Plant Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Kent East Hill Nursery Display Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Shade Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Japanese Maple Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Volunteer Garden: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Trinity Tree Farm: 4.4 mi
  • Lake Wilderness Lodge: 5.5 mi
  • Space Needle of Renton: 5.9 mi
  • Fantastic Erratic: 6.6 mi
  • Hobart Yellow Submarine: 7.3 mi
Museums
  • Renton History Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Gibbon Store - Maple Valley Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Fire Engine Museum: 5.1 mi
  • Interim Computer Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Greater Kent Historical Society: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 56
Picnic sites: 38
  • May Valley Trailhead Picnic Site: 4.3 mi
  • Brandi Carlile Stage: 4.8 mi
  • Site #8: 5.7 mi
  • Site #4: 5.7 mi
  • Site #5: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Doughty Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 6.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 6.9 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 4
  • Canyon Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 18.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Celebrating God's Favor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakENE 73°1,404 m19.7 mi
Blowdown MountainENE 74°1,400 m19.1 mi
Mount WashingtonE 92°1,346 m19.5 mi
Crater Lake PeakENE 73°1,326 m19.0 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ENE 75°1,254 m18.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 84°1,004 m14.6 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 81°994.257 m14.0 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 66°913 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1220:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5415:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676862544642
Precip in4.93.23.72.81.91.50.60.91.53.55.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Renton Muni AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11427775498

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