Fireboat No. 1
Fireboat No. 1 is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the east-northeast, 3.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tacoma Fallen Firefighters Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Museum ship in the United States
Wikidata Q5451740, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH
- 13.9 mi off the JCT SR 12 VIC MORTON TO JCT SR 507 VIC ROY WYE
- 13.9 mi off the JCT SR 706 VIC ELBE TO JCT SR 507 VIC SPANAWAY
- 15.6 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON
Overlooks nearby
- South Beach Drive Road End · 20 mi
- Beck Road Public Road End · 22 mi
- Point White Pier · 22 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Tacoma Fallen Firefighters Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Proctor Street Bridge Dedication Plaque: 0.5 mi
- Dickman Mill: 0.6 mi
- Top Of The Ocean Monument: 0.8 mi
- In Tribute To Gilbert M. Schuster: 1.0 mi
- Children's Bell: 0.3 mi
- Ghost Log: 0.6 mi
- The Dalmation Trout: 0.9 mi
- Sugar: 1.3 mi
- Otters: 1.5 mi
- Puget Creek Natural Area: 0.3 mi
- Parks Tacoma Headquarters: 3.0 mi
- Tacoma Nature Center: 3.1 mi
- Gog-Le-Hi-Te Wetlands Public Access Site: 3.9 mi
- Alexander Avenue Wetland: 5.3 mi
- Puget Park: 0.5 mi
- Dickman Mill Park: 0.6 mi
- Hamilton Park: 0.7 mi
- Old Town Park: 0.8 mi
- Catherine Ursich Park: 0.9 mi
- Job Carr Cabin Museum: 0.8 mi
- Puget Sound Museum of Natural History: 1.3 mi
- Former Karpeles Manuscript Museum: 2.2 mi
- Browns Point Historical Society: 2.4 mi
- Working Waterfront Maritime Museum: 2.6 mi
- Proctor Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 2.2 mi
- Point Defiance Rose Garden: 2.3 mi
- Northwest Native Plant Garden: 2.3 mi
- Dahlia Trial Garden: 2.3 mi
- Point Ruston: 1.3 mi
- Lowland Anoa: 2.3 mi
- Sumatran Tigers & Waterfall Panorama: 2.4 mi
- Siamang: 2.4 mi
- Asian Small-Clawed Otters: 2.4 mi
- Indian Hill: 3.6 mi
- Kinbee Hill: 5.2 mi
- Gravel Pit Peak: 6.0 mi
- Indian Point: 6.2 mi
- Ford Hill: 7.5 mi
- Salmon Beach: 2.4 mi
- Owen Beach: 3.0 mi
- Titlow Beach: 4.0 mi
- Dash Point State Park Beach: 4.3 mi
- Sunrise Beach: 5.7 mi
- Red Wolf Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Rustic Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Shelter 2: 4.0 mi
- Browns Point Lighthouse: 2.4 mi
- Generator Building: 2.4 mi
- Keeper's Cottage: 2.4 mi
- Boat House: 2.4 mi
- Oil House: 2.4 mi
- Fourth Infantry Bluff: 11.4 mi
- Thirtieth Infantry Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Sixth Engineer Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Windy Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Tenth Field Artillery Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Garrison Springs: 8.2 mi
- Ellison Spring: 9.3 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 10.7 mi
- Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 10.7 mi
- Clear Creek Springs: 19.7 mi
- Victor Falls: 16.6 mi
- Nisqually Falls: 22.6 mi
- Dickerson Falls: 23.3 mi
- Far Country Falls: 23.3 mi
- Doughty Falls: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Fireboat No. 1. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Hill | ENE 64° | 167 m | 3.6 mi |
| Kelly Hill | SSW 200° | 140 m | 16.4 mi |
| Bare Hill | SSW 209° | 136 m | 16.2 mi |
| Eastman Hill | S 186° | 132 m | 15.9 mi |
| Folsom Hill | S 185° | 130 m | 16.0 mi |
| Swift Hill | SSW 199° | 130 m | 16.4 mi |
| Beal Hill | SSW 206° | 128 m | 15.7 mi |
| Berger Hill | S 186° | 127 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:42 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:29 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:30 | 16:23 |
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 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 6.5 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 83004254OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/722633329
Day trips start here
- Tacoma · 3 mi
- Gig Harbor · 6 mi
- Federal Way · 7 mi
- Fife · 7 mi
- South Sound · 9 mi
- Steilacoom · 9 mi
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