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Old Roy

Old Roy from directly overhead

Old Roy is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Woodmont Country Club, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 8.8 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
“OLD ROY”
 On Thanksgiving Day, November 26, 1925, federal Prohibition agents arrested Roy Olmstead in what became known as The Woodmont Dock Raid. Nicknamed “The Good Bootlegger” because he refused to let his men carry guns....
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.36036, -122.32423

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woodmont Country Club Sports Court: 0.2 mi
  • Wooton Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cecil Powell Neighborhood Park: 1.3 mi
  • Heritage Woods Park: 1.3 mi
  • Sonju Park: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • Star Lake Rain Garden: 1.5 mi
  • PowellsWood Garden: 2.0 mi
  • School garden: 2.5 mi
  • Town Square Rain Garden: 3.1 mi
  • English Gardens Park: 4.1 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Bingaman Pond Natural Area: 2.1 mi
  • Grandview Park: 3.2 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 4.2 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 4.6 mi
  • Auburn Environmental Park: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 57
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Crow Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Owen Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Sex Cove: 10.2 mi
  • Salmon Beach: 10.7 mi
Attractions: 56
Peaks: 56
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Indian Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Indian Point: 7.9 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 11.9 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 55
  • Planting A Better Tomorrow 2024: 2.7 mi
  • Honoring Gold Star Families: 3.0 mi
  • Steven J. Underwood Memorial Plaza: 3.2 mi
  • Downey Bridge Monument: 3.3 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites: 24
  • Woodmont Country Club: 0.0 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.1 mi
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 10.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Far Country Falls: 14.4 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 15.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Victor Falls: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 6
  • Maplewood Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Old Roy. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainENE913 m19.7 mi
Enumclaw MountainESE849 m21.3 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE795 m18.7 mi
Taylor MountainENE792 m21.1 mi
Brew HillENE774 m21.5 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitENE629 m18.4 mi
South Tiger MountainENE619 m18.3 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakNE618 m16.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:22

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6171752908

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