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Railroad Car

Railroad Car from directly overhead

Railroad Car is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Wilson Park, a park 0.2 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 5.6 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Random Railroad Car, located in the preserve.
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.45216, -122.33733

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Wilson Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 0.6 mi
  • City Hall Park: 0.6 mi
  • E.J Nist Park: 0.8 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • Burien Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 2.4 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 2.4 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 59
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 4.9 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 4.9 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 4.9 mi
  • LEM: 4.9 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 4.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 0.2 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 4.1 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 4.3 mi
  • Grandview Park: 4.4 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 4.6 mi
Beaches
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 5.2 mi
  • Crow Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 5.4 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 5.8 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 6.4 mi
Historic sites: 57
Peaks: 56
  • High Point: 6.3 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 7.8 mi
  • Indian Point: 9.1 mi
  • First Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 6.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 10.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Waterwall: 13.1 mi
Springs: 6
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 17.1 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 21.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE1,004 m24.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE994 m24.1 mi
East Tiger MountainE913 m18.4 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE849 m24.8 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE795 m17.3 mi
Taylor MountainE792 m20.7 mi
Brew HillE774 m21.4 mi
Lookout MountainE663 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
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 °F434447515862676763544742
Precip in5.83.84.23.21.91.40.61.01.63.96.35.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8376942093

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