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Landsburg 1955 Mine Collapse Memorial

Landsburg 1955 Mine Collapse Memorial from directly overhead

Landsburg 1955 Mine Collapse Memorial is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. McClellan Butte stands 1,557 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Ravensdale Park, a park 0.8 miles away. JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM passes 11 miles off.

Memorial consisting of four headstones dedicated to John Kovash, Louis Vaiente, Frank Stebly, and Nathan Russell. The four men were killed and buried in the collapse of the Landsburg mine on January 29th, 1955, approximately 1000 feet north of this site.

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Coordinates47.36547, -121.98960

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ravensdale Park: 0.8 mi
  • Basketball Park: 0.9 mi
  • New Park: 1.0 mi
  • Swing Park: 1.0 mi
  • Henry's Ridge Open Space: 1.1 mi
Attractions
  • Petroglyph: 1.1 mi
  • Hobart Yellow Submarine: 2.4 mi
  • Lake Wilderness Lodge: 2.5 mi
  • Franklin Ghost Town: 4.9 mi
  • Remote Control Airfield: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • BN Peninsula Natural Area: 1.7 mi
  • Elk Run Natural Area: 2.7 mi
  • Crow Marsh Natural Area: 2.9 mi
  • Shire Hills Drainage: 4.0 mi
  • Evergreen Park: 4.1 mi
Gardens
  • Glacier Park Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Elk Run Farm: 2.5 mi
  • Smith-Mossman Western Azalea Display Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Legacy Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Perennial Border: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Museums
  • Fire Engine Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Gibbon Store - Maple Valley Historical Society Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Black Diamond Historical Museum: 4.0 mi
  • Cedar River Watershed Education Center: 10.9 mi
  • Enumclaw Plateau Historical Society Museum: 11.0 mi
Peaks
  • Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Walsh: 4.3 mi
  • Taylor: 5.3 mi
  • McDonald Mountain: 6.6 mi
  • South Tiger Mountain: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Site #6: 2.3 mi
  • Site #5: 2.4 mi
  • Site #4: 2.4 mi
  • Site #7: 2.4 mi
  • Site #8: 2.4 mi
Beaches: 29
Waterfalls: 19
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 8.1 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 10
Springs: 2
  • Canyon Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Landsburg 1955 Mine Collapse Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McClellan ButteE 80°1,557 m17.4 mi
Mount KentE 84°1,551 m17.5 mi
Dirtybox PeakENE 69°1,501 m17.9 mi
Mailbox PeakENE 68°1,476 m17.7 mi
Duke of KentE 86°1,476 m18.2 mi
Mount TeneriffeNE 54°1,459 m17.0 mi
Green MountainNE 54°1,431 m18.1 mi
Dirty Harry's PeakENE 71°1,426 m18.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4019:21
June solstice05:1220:2121:09
September equinox06:5618:2719:07
December solstice07:5315:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559646459504338
Precip in8.05.46.25.53.93.11.31.62.85.88.57.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Landsburg, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12092833156

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