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Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive

Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive from directly overhead

Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak stands 994 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spray Invaders, a artwork 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 4.7 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.46571, -122.34019

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Town Square Park: 0.1 mi
  • Triangle Park: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeview Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dottie Harper Park: 0.4 mi
  • The Annex: 0.5 mi
Museums
  • Highline Heritage Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Tukwila Historical Society: 3.8 mi
  • Library and Archives: 4.1 mi
  • Space Gallery: 4.2 mi
  • The Red Barn: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Burien Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 1.9 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 1.9 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 1.1 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 3.5 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 4.9 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 5.2 mi
  • Grandview Park: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 4.1 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 4.1 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 4.2 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 4.2 mi
  • LEM: 4.2 mi
Beaches
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 4.3 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 4.6 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 4.9 mi
  • Crow Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 56
  • High Point: 5.4 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 8.5 mi
  • First Hill: 9.3 mi
  • Indian Point: 9.6 mi
  • First Hill: 9.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 5.4 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 10.6 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Waterwall: 12.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Licton Springs: 16.1 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 22.5 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 22.8 mi
Cliffs: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 89°994.257 m24.2 mi
East Tiger MountainE 85°913 m18.4 mi
West Tiger #1E 81°891 m17.2 mi
West Tiger #2E 80°841 m16.8 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 85°795 m17.3 mi
Taylor MountainE 92°792 m20.8 mi
Brew HillE 94°774 m21.6 mi
West Tiger #3E 79°770 m16.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676763544742
Precip in5.83.84.23.21.91.40.61.01.63.96.35.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/557237638

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