Conversation Bench
Conversation Bench is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Crag stands 1,315 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Winslow Green, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 0.5 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Conversation Bench. The idea is that if you see someone sitting on this bench, you're encouraged to offer to help. To listen, not fix them, as the inscription suggests.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Conversation Bench. Once You Choose Hope Anything Is Possible. Everyone Deserves To Be Happy. the tyler moniz project. let's start a conversation.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 2.5 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 4.6 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 7.6 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH
Overlooks nearby
- Winslow Way West Public Road End · 1 mi
- Gowen Place Public Road End · 1 mi
- Seattle viewpoint · 2 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Winslow Green: 0.0 mi
- Red Pine Park: 0.2 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Moritani Preserve: 0.3 mi
- Waypoint Park: 0.3 mi
- Bainbridge History Museum: 0.2 mi
- KidiMU - Kids Discovery Museum: 0.3 mi
- Bloedel Residence: 5.8 mi
- Log House Museum: 6.1 mi
- USS Turner Joy: 6.3 mi
- Manitou Beach: 2.0 mi
- Lytle Beach: 2.2 mi
- West Raye Street End: 5.0 mi
- West Armour Street End: 5.0 mi
- West Barrett Street End: 5.0 mi
- Tillicum Village: 6.0 mi
- Fish Ladder Viewing Room: 6.4 mi
- Hiram M. Chittenden Locks: 6.5 mi
- USS Parche Sail: 6.5 mi
- Frankie Feetsplinter: 6.7 mi
- Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 0.0 mi
- Rolling Bay Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Rock Farm Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Japanese Garden: 5.8 mi
- Poetry Garden: 7.9 mi
- Madrone Post Office: 0.5 mi
- Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial: 0.8 mi
- World War I Memorial: 0.9 mi
- Kyle's Marimba: 1.7 mi
- Battery Thornburgh: 2.5 mi
- Beach Glass Quilt: 0.0 mi
- Brooding Loon: 0.2 mi
- Pia the Peacekeeper: 1.0 mi
- Sakai Entrance Stone: 1.6 mi
- Synergy: 1.6 mi
- Lumpkin Park: 0.8 mi
- Cougar Creek Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Springbrook Creek Preserve: 1.5 mi
- Rockaway Beach: 2.1 mi
- Meigs Farm: 2.3 mi
- High Point: 1.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 5.5 mi
- Magnolia: 6.2 mi
- Bucklin Hill: 7.1 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 7.8 mi
- Eagledale Park: 1.0 mi
- Camp Kelly: 1.8 mi
- Evergreen Park: 6.1 mi
- Jackson Park Picnic area: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Shelter 5: 8.6 mi
- West Point Light: 4.7 mi
- Quarters A: 4.8 mi
- Quarters B: 4.8 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 17.7 mi
- Ship's Store: 17.8 mi
- Dickerson Falls: 10.4 mi
- Waterwall: 16.0 mi
- North Fork Falls: 19.1 mi
- Far Country Falls: 19.7 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 5.1 mi
- Pigeon Point: 8.4 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 16.4 mi
- Red Bluff: 18.3 mi
- Scatchet Head: 20.6 mi
- Licton Springs: 9.9 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Conversation Bench. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Crag | WNW 294° | 1,315 m | 24.1 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,149 m | 21.7 mi |
| Mount Turner | WNW 292° | 1,025 m | 20.3 mi |
| Webb Mountain | W 269° | 845 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Walker | WNW 302° | 844 m | 20.9 mi |
| Green Hill | WNW 290° | 725 m | 19.4 mi |
| Squak Mountain Central Peak | ESE 111° | 618 m | 23.6 mi |
| Squak Mountain West Peak | ESE 111° | 608 m | 23.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:24 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:29 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:29 | 16:22 |
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 | 41 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 56 | 61 | 66 | 66 | 62 | 53 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 9.3 | 5.8 | 6.4 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 5.1 | 8.8 | 9.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/10739986459
Day trips start here
- Bainbridge Island · 2 mi
- Brownsville · 5 mi
- Manchester · 5 mi
- Blake Island · 6 mi
- Bremerton · 7 mi
- Keyport · 7 mi
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