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Shuffleton Steam Plant

Shuffleton Steam Plant from directly overhead

Shuffleton Steam Plant is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Scott Evans, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 5.3 miles off.

In the fall of 1929, Puget Sound Power and Light Company began operating the first 40,000 kilowatt generator, the Shuffleton Plant.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.50123, -122.20130

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Highlands Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sunset Neighborhood Park: 0.9 mi
  • Kennydale Lions Park: 1.0 mi
  • Windsor Hills Park: 1.1 mi
  • North Highlands Park: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
  • Garden Taft: 2.0 mi
  • Maple Woods: 3.1 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Stone Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Tom Kubota Stroll Garden: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Marshall's Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Long View Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.5 mi
  • First Hill: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 4.0 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 4.6 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 5.0 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 5.2 mi
  • Ricardi Reach Natural Area: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Kennydale Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 4.8 mi
  • North Beach: 4.8 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 4.1 mi
  • Shelter #1: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.1 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Far Country Falls: 3.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 7.5 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.7 mi
  • Licton Springs: 15.1 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Shuffleton Steam Plant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakE 86°1,404 m22.8 mi
Blowdown MountainE 88°1,400 m22.2 mi
Crater Lake PeakE 87°1,326 m22.1 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E 89°1,254 m21.6 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 99°1,004 m18.7 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 97°994.257 m17.9 mi
East Tiger MountainE 94°913 m11.9 mi
West Tiger #1E 89°891 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:22
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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8441992489

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