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Renton Airport/Clayton Scott Field

Renton Airport/Clayton Scott Field from directly overhead

Renton Airport/Clayton Scott Field is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Blowdown Mountain stands 1,400 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Clayton L. Scott, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 6.4 miles off.

About

The story

city in King County, Washington, USA

Dates from 1875.

Wikidata Q679952, matched on coordinates and name (935 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Inscription
These flagpoles dedicated Pear Harbor Day December 7, 2010. To the men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces and First Responders by Renton Airport Staff and Air Traffic Controllers
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.48546, -122.21279

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Burnett Linear Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cedar River Trail Park: 0.2 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jones Park: 0.4 mi
  • Park Piazza: 0.4 mi
Attractions
  • Space Needle of Renton: 0.4 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 4.5 mi
  • LEM: 4.5 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 4.5 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 4.5 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Garden Taft: 2.2 mi
  • Maple Woods: 3.1 mi
  • Stone Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Kubota Garden: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 3.4 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 3.8 mi
  • Vila Real Wildlife Conservation: 4.6 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 4.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.2 mi
Peaks
  • Marshall's Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Long View Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 6.5 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Kennydale Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 3.9 mi
  • North Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 5.9 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 4.8 mi
  • Shelter #1: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.1 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Far Country Falls: 4.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Waterwall: 8.7 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 22.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Renton Airport/Clayton Scott Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blowdown MountainE 85°1,400 m22.8 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 84°1,326 m22.7 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 86°1,254 m22.2 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 95°1,004 m19.1 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 94°994.257 m18.3 mi
East Tiger MountainE 89°913 m12.4 mi
West Tiger #1E 83°891 m11.1 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 137°849 m21.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2221:10
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676862544642
Precip in4.93.23.72.81.91.50.60.91.53.55.64.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Renton Muni AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11228235021

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