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Wm And Sarah Tonkin

Wm And Sarah Tonkin from directly overhead

Wm And Sarah Tonkin is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Tonkin Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 6.8 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Inscription
This park site given to City of Renton by Wm And Sarah Tonkin 1931
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.47826, -122.20730

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Museums
Attractions: 59
  • Space Needle of Renton: 0.9 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 5.0 mi
  • LEM: 5.0 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 5.0 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 5.0 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: 3.0 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 3.4 mi
  • Vila Real Wildlife Conservation: 4.0 mi
  • Ricardi Reach Natural Area: 5.0 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Kennydale Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 4.4 mi
  • North Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 6.4 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 6.7 mi
Parks
  • Tonkin Park: 0.0 mi
  • Park Piazza: 0.1 mi
  • Gateway Park: 0.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
  • Historic Renton Hill: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 57
Peaks: 56
  • Marshall's Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Long View Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Shelter 2: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 7.6 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 7.8 mi
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Far Country Falls: 4.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Waterwall: 9.1 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakE1,404 m23.2 mi
Blowdown MountainE1,400 m22.6 mi
Crater Lake PeakE1,326 m22.5 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓E1,254 m22.0 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE1,004 m18.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE994 m18.0 mi
East Tiger MountainE913 m12.2 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE849 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/11336664406

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