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Neely-Soames Historic Homestead

Neely-Soames Historic Homestead from directly overhead

Neely-Soames Historic Homestead is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle View Park, a park 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1885
Visiting

What to expect

Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.38881, -122.26794

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Eagle View Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cottonwood Grove Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hogan Park: 0.5 mi
  • Russell Woods Park: 0.5 mi
  • Old Fishing Hole Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Grandview Park: 1.1 mi
  • Green River Natural Resources Area: 1.2 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 1.8 mi
  • Bingaman Pond Natural Area: 2.9 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 3.5 mi
Gardens
Museums
  • Greater Kent Historical Society: 2.1 mi
  • Des Moines Historical Society: 2.8 mi
  • Interim Computer Museum: 4.3 mi
  • Heritage Center of Federal Way: 4.9 mi
  • Tukwila Historical Society: 5.8 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 8.4 mi
  • Echo Mountain: 8.6 mi
  • Indian Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Indian Point: 10.6 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 11.1 mi
Beaches: 58
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Crow Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 9.7 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 10.4 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Woodmont Country Club: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Site #2: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #3: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Site #4: 4.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 7.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 12
Waterfalls: 8
  • Far Country Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Fifteenmile Waterfall: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 7
  • Maplewood Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 21.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Neely-Soames Historic Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakENE 77°1,004 m22.1 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakENE 75°994.257 m21.6 mi
East Tiger MountainENE 65°913 m16.5 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 60°891 m15.8 mi
Enumclaw MountainESE 119°849 m19.8 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 58°841 m15.6 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 64°795 m15.5 mi
Taylor MountainENE 75°792 m18.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2221:10
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5415:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447525863686863534641
Precip in5.84.04.43.12.11.70.70.91.54.16.25.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/638871072

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