From the upstairs back windows of my parents’ place in Johnstown, PA, you could sorta see the entry to the Conemaugh Gap. Other than that, I got nothing. I lived at two locations in Paris for several years, but there were no views of landmarks from either of them. From my current place, except for straight upward, I can’t see more than about 200 feet in any direction.
I’ve been to the top of Mt Hamilton many times. We used to do that road as a bike ride a few time a month in the summer. You get quite a view from there. Great views from the summit at 4,200 ft. The grade never get too steep as, IIRC, it had to be maintained at a grade that mules could haul shit up there. It’s almost exactly 19 miles from Alum Park Rd to the top.
But I’ve not been to Mt. Umunhum.
Two 14,000 foot Colorado peaks define the other side of the valley. Bross and Lincoln. Continental divide. The tops are a couple 3-4 miles as the crow flies. They make a nice view from the deck.
From one of our bedroom windows we can see Richborough Castle, A 2000 year old fortified town and port where the Romans established their bridgehead for their first invasion of Britain in AD43.
I can see Mt. Rainier from my back deck. In a few months when all the trees leaf not so much.
Now, no. My family’s house in PA sat on a ridge across the valley from Valley Forge Park. Although several miles away you could clearly see it in the winter time when the leaves were off the trees.
When I climb to the top of this hill, I see bits of this big body of blue water that stretches 2500 miles from here to where the Hawaiian islands used to be before the nuclear alert.
You can see the Sears/Willis Tower (and many of the other downtown buildings) from the second floor here I’m a good seven or so miles away from the city center as the crow flies, but you can see the downtown buildings from quite a distance away, so far as you don’t have trees or other buildings blocking your view.
I went up to check out The Cube the week after Umunhum was opened to the public. The view equals the one from the top of Mt Hamilton. There isn’t much to do up there other than gawk at the monolith and enjoy the vistas but it’s definitely worth a trip. Here’s a quick slideshow of my visit.
From an upstairs bathroom when the leaves are off the trees, I can just see the dome of tower of the University of Montreal. If I go to the corner I can see that as well as the dome of St. Joseph’s Oratorio.
From my boyfriend and I’s apartment in Chicago, we can see the Sears (now Willis) Tower.
I can see the the top of the Peace Tower when I’m up on the roof doing the Christmas lights.
I have to step out and look back to see one - my house is a landmark. When I describe where I live to someone they often say, “Oh, that’s the yard with all the tall trees.”
Other then that I got nothing, no cathedrals, no tables, no rocks.
Dennis
I live 1/4 mile from the original site of the Manhattan Project. If I walk 500 feet, I can throw a rock at Fuller Lodge and Bathtub Row.
Tripler
Yup. True story.
Not QUITE visible from my house (if you walk out into the street in front of my house you might be able to glimpse it). But just up the street from me is the tall stairway where Laurel & Hardy filmed their Academy Award winning short film, “The Music Box”.
The Kansas State Capitol Building, if I go to the second floor.
I can see the summit (and most of the rest of) Mt. San Gorgonio* from my backyard.
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- Highest peak in Southern California and the Transverse Ranges; ranked 7th on the list of most topographically prominent mountains in the contiguous states; The mountain hosts the longest recorded line of sight in the contiguous United States; it is plainly visible from the summit of Mount Whitney, 190 miles away.
I can sort of see the Eastern Continental Divide from the top of my driveway. (At that point by head is higher than it, actually.)
I consider myself lucky because I can see not one, but 2 different municipal water towers. Don’t get me started mentioning power lines and their towers- I’d just sound like I was bragging.
I can see the John Hancock building* and the Sears/Willis Tower from my bedroom window. They are both about three miles away.
*the one in Chicago, that is.