LGM-30 Minuteman Silo Training Site
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
LGM-30 Minuteman Silo Training Site is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet, a attraction 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 4.5 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.5 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH
- 4.5 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON
- 5.1 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 6.1 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
Overlooks nearby
- East Portal View · 5 mi
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 7 mi
- South Beach Drive Road End · 11 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Library and Archives: 0.2 mi
- The Red Barn: 0.2 mi
- Museum of Flight: 0.2 mi
- Space Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Georgetown Steam Plant: 2.0 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Salmon Cove Park and Shoreline Habitat: 0.4 mi
- Duwamish River People’s Park and Shoreline Habitat: 0.8 mi
- Cecil Moses Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- South Park Plaza: 1.1 mi
- Mountainside: 1.4 mi
- Kubota Garden: 1.5 mi
- Fera Fera Forest: 1.5 mi
- Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 1.5 mi
- Stone Garden: 1.5 mi
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 0.1 mi
- Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 0.1 mi
- Wright Flyer: 0.1 mi
- Gemini Capsule: 0.2 mi
- Resurs-500 Descent Module: 0.2 mi
- 8th Avenue South Street End: 1.7 mi
- Pritchard Island Beach: 1.9 mi
- North Beach: 3.8 mi
- Kennydale Beach: 4.3 mi
- Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 4.5 mi
- Tribute wall: 0.3 mi
- Memorial Stone: 1.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
- Rhodes Holocaust Memorial: 2.9 mi
- Fallen Soldiers Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Camp Long: 4.6 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 4.6 mi
- Walker Creek Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Springbrook Greenbelt: 6.1 mi
- Amelia Earhart sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Dreams Really Do Come True: 0.2 mi
- Team Effort: 0.2 mi
- Maggie's Wind Garden: 0.2 mi
- Vietnam airman statue: 0.3 mi
- High Point: 4.0 mi
- First Hill: 5.3 mi
- Cherry Hill: 7.0 mi
- Marshall's Hill: 7.4 mi
- Capitol Hill: 7.8 mi
- Shelter 2: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 3: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 5: 4.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 7.9 mi
- Far Country Falls: 8.0 mi
- Waterwall: 8.5 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
- Doughty Falls: 8.9 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Quarters B: 9.6 mi
- Quarters A: 9.7 mi
- Ship's Store: 9.7 mi
- Storehouse: 9.7 mi
- Pigeon Point: 4.7 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 17.2 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.7 mi
- Licton Springs: 12.8 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of LGM-30 Minuteman Silo Training Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak | E 100° | 1,004 m | 23.3 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak | E 98° | 994 m | 22.5 mi |
| East Tiger Mountain | E 97° | 913 m | 16.5 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | E 98° | 795 m | 15.5 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 103° | 792 m | 19.4 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 104° | 774 m | 20.2 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 108° | 663 m | 22.5 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 103° | 629 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1487829360
Day trips start here
- White Center · 2 mi
- Seattle/South · 3 mi
- Tukwila · 3 mi
- Burien · 4 mi
- Mercer Island · 5 mi
- Renton · 5 mi
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