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The Lone Sailor

The Lone Sailor from directly overhead

The Lone Sailor is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Mount Jupiter stands 1,737 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is The Proud Tradition, a artwork 0.1 miles away. SEATTLE TO BREMERTON runs past it. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The Lone Sailor is a tribute to all the personnel of the sea services. It is a copy of a sculpture created by Stanley Bleifeld, for the United States Navy Memorial in Washington, D.C.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.56179, -122.62216

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Historic sites: 60
Parks
  • Kiwanis Park: 0.9 mi
  • Etta Turner Park: 1.3 mi
  • Rockwell Park: 1.4 mi
  • Port of Bremerton Marina Park: 1.4 mi
  • Clayton Playground: 1.7 mi
Beaches
  • Lytle Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Manitou Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Anderson Point Park Beach: 9.5 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Private beach: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 59
Nature reserves
Gardens: 58
  • Elandan Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 6.4 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 10.7 mi
Peaks: 37
Picnic sites: 19
  • Evergreen Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jackson Park Picnic area: 3.6 mi
  • Camp Kelly: 4.6 mi
  • Eagledale Park: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Lighthouses: 11
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Licton Springs: 16.2 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount JupiterWNW1,737 m22.7 mi
Jupiter HillsWNW1,443 m22.6 mi
Mount CragNW1,315 m22.4 mi
Saint Peters DomeWNW1,313 m24.1 mi
East RockWNW1,301 m21.0 mi
North RockWNW1,294 m21.4 mi
West RockWNW1,223 m21.7 mi
Buck MountainNW1,149 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:23
June solstice05:1420:2421:12
September equinox06:5818:2919:10
December solstice07:5715:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414246505661666662534540
Precip in9.35.86.43.92.41.60.81.11.85.18.89.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bremerton, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/5416662056

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