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Conversation Bench

Conversation Bench from directly overhead

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. JCT WINSLOW FERRY ZONE TO JCT SR 3 VIC POULSBO passes 0.3 miles off. 37 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.

The record

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.
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.62491, -122.52122

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 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
Artworks
Gardens
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 0.0 mi
  • Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches
Attractions
Peaks: 37
  • 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
Picnic sites: 30
  • 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
Lighthouses: 22
Waterfalls: 9
  • 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
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Licton Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CragWNW 294°1,315 m24.1 mi
Buck MountainWNW 294°1,149 m21.7 mi
Mount TurnerWNW 292°1,025 m20.3 mi
Webb MountainW 269°845 m23.4 mi
Mount WalkerWNW 302°844 m20.9 mi
Green HillWNW 290°725 m19.4 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakESE 111°618 m23.6 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakESE 111°608 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1320:2421:12
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5615:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414246505661666662534540
Precip in9.35.86.43.92.41.60.81.11.85.18.89.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/10739986459

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