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Renton War Memorial

Renton War Memorial from directly overhead

Renton War Memorial is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Blowdown Mountain stands 1,400 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 6.7 miles off.

About

The story

city in King County, Washington, USA

Dates from 1875.

Wikidata Q679952, matched on coordinates and name (35 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates47.47987, -122.20390

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Historic Renton Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Tonkin Park: 0.2 mi
  • Jones Park: 0.2 mi
  • Park Piazza: 0.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Space Needle of Renton: 1.0 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 5.0 mi
  • LEM: 5.0 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 5.1 mi
  • Apollo Command Module 007A: 5.1 mi
Gardens
  • Garden Taft: 2.8 mi
  • Maple Woods: 3.7 mi
  • Stone Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Kubota Garden: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 3.2 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 3.5 mi
  • Vila Real Wildlife Conservation: 4.1 mi
  • Ricardi Reach Natural Area: 4.8 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.3 mi
Peaks
  • Marshall's Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Long View Peak: 5.4 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 5.5 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 6.4 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Kennydale Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 4.4 mi
  • North Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 6.3 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 5.3 mi
  • Shelter #1: 6.9 mi
  • May Valley Trailhead Picnic Site: 7.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.5 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Far Country Falls: 4.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Waterwall: 9.0 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Licton Springs: 16.4 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Renton War Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blowdown MountainE 84°1,400 m22.5 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 83°1,326 m22.3 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 85°1,254 m21.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 94°1,004 m18.6 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 92°994.257 m17.9 mi
East Tiger MountainE 87°913 m12.0 mi
West Tiger #1E 81°891 m10.8 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 138°849 m21.3 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1716554203

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