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George H. Stoner

George H. Stoner from directly overhead

George H. Stoner is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley Floor Community Park, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 9.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
"The challenge lies in making this world what we want. Your companies, your nation and you will make this a much better place to live."|George H. Stoner, 1965||...The Boeing Company donated this riverside land to the city of Kent...|September, 1974
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.41792, -122.26748

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 0.8 mi
  • Grandview Park: 1.6 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 2.0 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Three Friends Fishing Hole Park: 0.4 mi
  • Van Doren's Landing Park: 0.9 mi
  • Robert Morris Earthworks Park: 1.0 mi
  • Earthworks Triangle: 1.1 mi
  • Briscoe Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Steven J. Underwood Memorial Plaza: 2.0 mi
  • Saar's Pioneer Cemetery: 2.3 mi
  • Dedicated In Memory of Those Buried in Unmarked Graves: 2.3 mi
  • Downey Bridge Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial By-Way: 3.1 mi
Gardens
  • Kent Community Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Star Lake Rain Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Kent East Hill Nursery Display Garden: 4.3 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 4.5 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Echo Mountain: 8.0 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 9.0 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 9.4 mi
  • High Point: 9.8 mi
  • Indian Hill: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Crow Beach: 8.1 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 8.5 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Woodmont Country Club: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 6.6 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 6.7 mi
  • Shelter 2: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Licton Springs: 19.7 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 21.7 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of George H. Stoner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 82°1,004 m21.7 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 80°994.257 m21.1 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 72°913 m15.7 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 66°891 m14.9 mi
Enumclaw MountainESE 123°849 m20.8 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 64°841 m14.6 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 71°795 m14.7 mi
Taylor MountainE 82°792 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunrise.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447525863686863534641
Precip in5.84.04.43.12.11.70.70.91.54.16.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11198414691

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