# Any landmarks visible from your house? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2018, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573 "2018-01-13T23:33:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/81 "2018-01-22T21:33:57Z")
> [@Spiderman](#): > > Depending upon time of day, day of month, & cloud cover, I can see the sun, moon, & some constellations; do they count? I can see Clearly Now, the Rain is Gone. ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/82 "2018-01-22T21:37:36Z")
> [@KRC](#): > > The Sandia Mountains, the volcanoes, and the Darth Vader building. " I am the building you work in, Luke." ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/83 "2018-01-22T22:42:49Z")
The WKAR television tower, [once the third tallest structure in the world,](http://www.secondwavemedia.com/capitalgains/devnews/wkar0426.aspx) is in view from my house and I can see it plainly as I type. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/84 "2018-01-22T23:27:50Z")
I’ve only been on the roof of the house I rent once. While up there, I saw the very top of one of the towers of the Golden Gate Bridge, the Marin Headlands, parts of Golden Gate Park, and the Pacific Ocean. From inside the house, you can’t see any of that, though. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/85 "2018-01-22T23:52:08Z")
Koʻolau Range, Waiʻanae Range, Pearl Harbor, and Diamond Head here on Oahu, HI. The two ranges are the remains of ancient shield volcanoes that make up the island. I live in west central Oahu, Mililani. ---
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/86 "2018-01-23T01:20:59Z")
I suspect that if I went up on the roof I could see Mts. Umunhum and Hamilton, as other bay area dopers have reported, assuming the weather was nice. If I looked the other way, I could probably see Levi’s Stadium (where the 49ers now play), depending on how the various office parks between here and there line up. I guess the NVidia building might count as a landmark for people who are fans of the NVidia corporation. ---
**Author:** ![Annoying\_Buzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Annoying\_Buzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annoying_Buzz)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/87 "2018-01-23T03:01:14Z")
I have a nice view of Mt. Fuji from my balcony, as well as [Tokyo Skytree.](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=tokyo+sky+tree&rlz=1C1SNJD_jaJP543JP543&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYiabhi-3YAhUDUrwKHXhWAgUQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=769) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/88 "2018-01-25T05:37:21Z")
> [@Annoying\_Buzz](#): > > I have a nice view of Mt. Fuji from my balcony, as well as [Tokyo Skytree.](https://www.google.co.jp/search?q=tokyo+sky+tree&rlz=1C1SNJD_jaJP543JP543&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjYiabhi-3YAhUDUrwKHXhWAgUQ_AUICigB&biw=1600&bih=769) We went up in the Skytree four years ago. Very nice. ---
**Author:** ![pipperroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7feea3/32.png) [@pipperroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pipperroo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/89 "2018-01-25T17:44:02Z")
My back yard ends at the Mississippi River. Right now its full of Swans. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/90 "2018-01-25T19:33:22Z")
I live in a neighborhood of San Francisco called Oceanview. There is no view of the ocean here\*, but on clear days we can see a tiny sliver of the Bay between some hills. The most prominent feature in our view is Daly City, which might be considered a landmark for its role as the inspiration for Pete Seeger’s song “Little Boxes” (at least that’s what we thought when we saw it for the first time in 1966). One of my sisters-in-law lives in Hiratsuka, Japan, on the 10th floor of a condo building, and on the very rare clear day she can see Mt. Fuji from there. Usually it’s too hazy, though. \*There is another neighborhood called Sunnyside, and the saying is that the sun never shines in Sunnyside. Developers had such a cute sense of humor, didn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/91 "2018-01-25T20:10:38Z")
Not currently, but my prior residence was roughly a block from Staples Center. Thankfully, the unit I was in faced away from the arena. I don’t know how the people who were oriented in that direction ever opened their shades/curtains at night. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/92 "2018-01-25T20:22:38Z")
I can see my neighboring town houses. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/93 "2018-01-25T20:29:48Z")
When I lived in San Pedro, CA I had a partial view of [Vincent Thomas Bridge](https://www.presstelegram.com/wp-content/uploads/migration/2017/201703/NEWS_170309679_AR_0_UMTXOZYPLNKC.jpg?w=535). I don’t know how famous it is. It used to be used in movies and commercials, IIRC. More recently (and sadly), director Tony Scott jumped to his death from it ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/94 "2018-01-25T20:33:36Z")
I always thought it was pretty cool that my father could see the back of the head of the Statue of Liberty from his kitchen window. ---
**Author:** ![Jeff\_Lichtman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeff_lichtman/32/1531_2.png) [@Jeff\_Lichtman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeff_Lichtman)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/95 "2018-01-26T07:48:35Z")
From my front porch I can see the Golden Gate Bridge, the Bay Bridge, Alcatraz, the Transamerica Pyramid, Salesforce Tower and Mt. Tamalpais. ---
**Author:** ![tonyfop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/85f322/32.png) [@tonyfop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tonyfop)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2018, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/96 "2018-01-26T13:15:54Z")
From the house I grew up in, where my mom still lives, on a very clear winter day, I could see the World Trade Center and The Empire State Building, 20 miles away. The house is in Nassau County on Long Island. I assume that you can see the new 1 World Trade Center, and that ugly slab of a building that they put up north of the ESB, but I have not checked recently. The backyard of the house across the street from where I live now drops off at the Cliffs of Calvert. I cannot actually see them, since I am on the top of the Cliffs, but I can see across the Chesapeake Bay to the Eastern Shore when the leaves are down. ---
**Author:** ![Crustybooger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@Crustybooger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crustybooger)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/97 "2018-01-29T01:45:36Z")
I live in a small town in the mid south. There’s absolutely nothing of great import near me. The best is my across the street neighbor. His 1 acre yard is a freaking arboretum! Myriad specimens, even a small stream meandering through all. ---
**Author:** ![Crustybooger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@Crustybooger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crustybooger)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/98 "2018-01-29T02:56:46Z")
While my current residence is something of a bore, not so with other places I’ve lived. Az. Front window, Sunset crater. Rear, San Francisco Peaks Md. Downtown Annapolis. Chesapeake Bay. Solomons. Rock Creek Park. All of Bethesda/Chevy Chase from hi rise roof. Fl. St Augustine lighthouse from aft deck and salon, inlet from wheelhouse. Palm Beach from port side. W.P.B. from 12th floor condo windows. Gin blue water everywhere in Duck Key. Co. Peaks of the Rockies, house was at about 9200 ft. And many others. I moved a lot. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![InsomniaMama](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ad7895/32.png) [@InsomniaMama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InsomniaMama)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2018, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/99 "2018-01-29T22:59:08Z")
> [@movingfinger](#): > > Once in a while the Goodyear blimp flies over my house. Its base is about two miles from here. That’s about as good as it gets in Carson, CA. Hey, me too! I’m apparently directly between downtown Chicago and the DuPage County Airport. ---
**Author:** ![MacLir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9e8a1a/32.png) [@MacLir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacLir)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2018, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573/100 "2018-02-01T22:35:03Z")
I used to be able to see the tips of the Tetons from the back porch. Then we moved a few miles to where a low ridge blocks them off. ☹ And yes I am aware there’s a potential play on words in there. :dubious: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-landmarks-visible-from-your-house/806573.md?page=6)