Coast Guard Museum Northwest
Coast Guard Museum Northwest is a museum in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 3 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Ken Griffey Jr., a artwork 0.2 miles away. SEATTLE TO VASHON passes 0.8 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Coast Guard Museum Northwest (sometimes written as Coast Guard Museum/Northwest) is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the United States Coast Guard in the Pacific Northwest. The museum is located on the property of Coast Guard Station Seattle on the Elliott Bay waterfront south of Downtown, Seattle, Washington. It covers the full range of Coast Guard roles, ranging from protecting shores, lives and property to lighthouses and lightships, from life-saving stations to rescue boats, from buoy tenders to icebreakers and weather ships and from modern aircraft to patrol boats and cutters. The museum admittance is free of charge.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1988.
Wikidata Q5138152, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
- Elevation
- 3 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 0.8 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 0.9 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 1.0 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 2 mi
- East Portal View · 2 mi
- Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ken Griffey Jr.: 0.2 mi
- The Tempest: 0.2 mi
- Edgar Martínez: 0.2 mi
- MITT: 0.2 mi
- Ichiro Suzuki: 0.2 mi
- Jack Perry Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Site of Skinner & Eddy Shipyard: 0.3 mi
- Site of Launching of USS Nebraska: 0.3 mi
- World's First Service Station: 0.5 mi
- Seattle Fallen Fire Fighters' Memorial: 0.7 mi
- RE-PC Computer Museum: 0.5 mi
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: 0.7 mi
- Seattle Pinball Museum: 0.8 mi
- Wing Luke Asian Museum: 0.9 mi
- Seattle Presents: 1.1 mi
- Union Station Square: 0.7 mi
- Waterfall Garden: 0.7 mi
- Occidental Square: 0.7 mi
- Washington Street Boat Landing: 0.7 mi
- Hing Hay Park: 0.8 mi
- Comedy Underground: 0.7 mi
- Pioneer Square Pergola: 0.8 mi
- Pioneer Square: 0.8 mi
- Underground Tour: 0.8 mi
- Smith Tower Observatory: 0.8 mi
- Atlantic Condominiums Urban Garden: 0.9 mi
- Katie Black's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 1.4 mi
- César Chávez Demonstration Garden: 1.4 mi
- James "Cisco" Morris Biodiversity Garden: 1.6 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 1.6 mi
- Camp Long: 2.8 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.2 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 5.6 mi
- Waldo Woods: 7.0 mi
- South Holgate Street End: 0.4 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 0.7 mi
- Southwest Bronson Way Street End: 1.8 mi
- Fairmount Avenue Southwest Street End: 1.9 mi
- Bay Street End: 2.1 mi
- First Hill: 1.4 mi
- Cherry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Capitol Hill: 2.9 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 2.9 mi
- High Point: 4.0 mi
- Shelter #1: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Shelter 5: 4.7 mi
- Shelter 2: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Shelter 1: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 5.1 mi
- Quarters A: 6.7 mi
- Quarters B: 6.7 mi
- West Point Light: 6.7 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 14.1 mi
- Oil House: 14.1 mi
- Waterwall: 7.5 mi
- North Fork Falls: 10.3 mi
- Far Country Falls: 10.9 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Doughty Falls: 11.7 mi
- Pigeon Point: 1.7 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 6.0 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Scatchet Head: 22.7 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 5.8 mi
- Licton Springs: 7.5 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Coast Guard Museum Northwest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 111° | 913 m | 19.5 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 109° | 891 m | 17.9 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 109° | 841 m | 17.4 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 113° | 795 m | 18.6 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 114° | 792 m | 22.7 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 115° | 774 m | 23.7 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 108° | 770 m | 17.1 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 117° | 629 m | 19.7 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 | 21:11 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/681314682
Day trips start here
- Seattle · 1 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 1 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 2 mi
- Seattle/West · 3 mi
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