Pacific Science Center
Pacific Science Center is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Neototems Children's Garden, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 1.1 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Pacific Science Center (PacSci) is a nonprofit science education organization in Seattle, Washington, United States. Its main science museum is on the ground of the Seattle Center near Downtown Seattle with auxiliary facilities in Bellevue, Washington. Pacific Science Center was founded in 1962 and reused the United States Science Pavilion that was built for the Century 21 Exposition. The Seattle campus has more than 1 million visitors each year.
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Dates from 1962.
Wikidata Q3848341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1962
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Limited
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 1.3 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 1.3 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 2.3 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 1 mi
- East Portal View · 4 mi
- Viewing Platform · 6 mi
- Seattle viewpoint · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Neototems Children's Garden: 0.0 mi
- Sonic Bloom: 0.1 mi
- Olympic Iliad: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Center Totem: 0.1 mi
- Garthgoyles: Designs for the Charlotte Martin Theatre: 0.1 mi
- Neototems Children's Garden: 0.1 mi
- Peace Garden: 0.1 mi
- Poetry Garden: 0.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 1.1 mi
- Al Rochester's Podium: 0.1 mi
- The First Commercial Monorail in America: 0.1 mi
- Kobe Friendship Bell: 0.3 mi
- August Wilson Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Dr. Mark A. Matthews: 0.5 mi
- Chihuly Garden and Glass: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Children's Museum: 0.1 mi
- MoPOP: Museum of Pop Culture: 0.2 mi
- Gates Foundation Visitor Center: 0.3 mi
- Discovery Portal: 0.8 mi
- Space Needle: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Center: 0.2 mi
- International Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Seattle Glassblowing Studio: 0.5 mi
- Pike Place Market: 0.8 mi
- Tilikum Place: 0.2 mi
- Growing Vine Street Headwaters Park: 0.3 mi
- Belltown Cottage Park: 0.4 mi
- Bell Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Denny Park: 0.5 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.3 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.8 mi
- Camp Long: 4.4 mi
- Waldo Woods: 5.2 mi
- Bartonwood Natural Area: 5.8 mi
- Bay Street End: 0.4 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 0.4 mi
- West Thomas Street End: 0.6 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 0.8 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 1.4 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 0.8 mi
- First Hill: 1.6 mi
- Capitol Hill: 1.8 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Magnolia: 2.8 mi
- Shelter #1: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 5: 6.2 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.2 mi
- Picnic Area C: 6.3 mi
- Quarters A: 4.9 mi
- Quarters B: 4.9 mi
- West Point Light: 4.9 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
- Oil House: 16.0 mi
- Waterwall: 8.1 mi
- North Fork Falls: 11.7 mi
- Far Country Falls: 12.4 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
- Doughty Falls: 13.2 mi
- Pigeon Point: 3.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 4.2 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 19.9 mi
- Scatchet Head: 20.6 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 20.8 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.2 mi
- Licton Springs: 5.5 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pacific Science Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 116° | 913 m | 20.9 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 114° | 891 m | 19.2 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 114° | 841 m | 18.7 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 117° | 795 m | 20.0 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 118° | 792 m | 24.2 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 114° | 770 m | 18.4 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 121° | 629 m | 21.2 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain | ESE 121° | 619 m | 21.3 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 | 21:12 |
| 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/394955903
Day trips start here
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 0 mi
- Seattle · 1 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 2 mi
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 3 mi
- Seattle/Fremont · 3 mi
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