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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. 39 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
Attractions
Historic sites
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
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Elandan Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Eagle Harbor Church Community Pea Patch: 6.4 mi
  • Rock Farm Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Rolling Bay Community Garden: 8.7 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
Peaks: 39
Picnic sites: 27
  • 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
Lighthouses: 17
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 6
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 JupiterWNW 296°1,737.4 m22.7 mi
Jupiter HillsWNW 297°1,443 m22.6 mi
Mount CragNW 309°1,315 m22.4 mi
Saint Peters DomeWNW 289°1,313 m24.1 mi
East RockWNW 283°1,301 m21.0 mi
North RockWNW 284°1,294 m21.4 mi
West RockWNW 282°1,223 m21.7 mi
Buck MountainNW 311°1,149 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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