Shipmates Light
Shipmates Light is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is West Thomas Street End, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 1.1 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Memorial beacon for those lost at sea
What the record says
- Built
- 1977-05-22
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 1.3 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 1.3 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 2.8 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 1 mi
- East Portal View · 4 mi
- Seattle viewpoint · 6 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- West Thomas Street End: 0.0 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 0.2 mi
- Bay Street End: 0.4 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 1.2 mi
- 30th Avenue West Street End: 1.7 mi
- Adjacent, Against, Upon: 0.1 mi
- Undercurrents: 0.2 mi
- Sue Bird Statue: 0.4 mi
- Bunyon's Chess: 0.4 mi
- Sky Landscape I: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
- Neototems Children's Garden: 0.6 mi
- Poetry Garden: 0.6 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.6 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 1.6 mi
- West Mercer Stairs Park: 0.3 mi
- Blaine Place: 0.4 mi
- Kinnear Place: 0.5 mi
- Counterbalance Park: 0.5 mi
- Kinnear Park: 0.5 mi
- August Wilson Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Kobe Friendship Bell: 0.6 mi
- Al Rochester's Podium: 0.6 mi
- Captain George Vancouver Plaque: 0.6 mi
- The First Commercial Monorail in America: 0.6 mi
- International Fountain: 0.6 mi
- Seattle Center: 0.6 mi
- Space Needle: 0.7 mi
- Seattle Glassblowing Studio: 1.0 mi
- Pike Place Market: 1.2 mi
- Pacific Science Center: 0.6 mi
- Seattle Children's Museum: 0.6 mi
- Chihuly Garden and Glass: 0.6 mi
- MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture: 0.7 mi
- Gates Foundation Visitor Center: 0.8 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.4 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.6 mi
- Camp Long: 4.3 mi
- Waldo Woods: 5.4 mi
- Bartonwood Natural Area: 5.8 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 0.8 mi
- First Hill: 2.2 mi
- Capitol Hill: 2.4 mi
- Magnolia: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.5 mi
- Shelter #1: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 5: 6.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 4: 6.6 mi
- Quarters A: 4.4 mi
- Quarters B: 4.4 mi
- West Point Light: 4.4 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 16.1 mi
- Oil House: 16.1 mi
- Waterwall: 8.6 mi
- North Fork Falls: 12.3 mi
- Far Country Falls: 13.0 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 13.3 mi
- Doughty Falls: 13.8 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Scatchet Head: 20.5 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.5 mi
- Licton Springs: 5.5 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 20.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shipmates Light. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 115° | 913 m | 21.5 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 114° | 891 m | 19.8 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 114° | 841 m | 19.3 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 117° | 795 m | 20.6 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 118° | 792 m | 24.7 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 113° | 770 m | 19.0 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 120° | 629 m | 21.8 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain | ESE 121° | 619 m | 21.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/2602495145
Day trips start here
- Seattle/Downtown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 1 mi
- Seattle · 2 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 2 mi
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 3 mi
- Seattle/Fremont · 3 mi
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