viewshed
noun
view·shed
ˈvyü-ˌshed 
: the natural environment that is visible from one or more viewing points
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Hendrix-Inman said the conservancy emphasizes viewsheds and the overlook will allow visitors to take in some expansive scenery.
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Private landowners were also in the mix, bringing the risk of suburban development to the viewshed.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
Cleared for grazing long ago, Max Patch is particularly broad, its viewshed letting one peer one way into nearby Tennessee and the squiggles of the ancient French Broad River and the other way to some of the East’s tallest points.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
Clear-cutting our viewshed, slicing up prime agricultural lands and disturbing the water resources of an entire region should give us all pause and concern.
—Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
The wind farm would undo Minidoka’s potential for public education and forever disrupt the remote and desolate viewshed that visitors experience now.
—Tamiko Nimura, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
Visual simulations prepared as part of the federal review process suggest the machines wouldn’t fundamentally change the viewshed.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
This project has the potential to negatively impact the historic viewshed of Mount Vernon and natural beauty of Piscataway National Park.
—Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 26 June 2018
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Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Private landowners were also in the mix, bringing the risk of suburban development to the viewshed.
—Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2024
Cleared for grazing long ago, Max Patch is particularly broad, its viewshed letting one peer one way into nearby Tennessee and the squiggles of the ancient French Broad River and the other way to some of the East’s tallest points.
—Grayson Haver Currin, Outside Online, 9 Sep. 2024
Clear-cutting our viewshed, slicing up prime agricultural lands and disturbing the water resources of an entire region should give us all pause and concern.
—Larry Hogan, Baltimore Sun, 25 July 2024
The wind farm would undo Minidoka’s potential for public education and forever disrupt the remote and desolate viewshed that visitors experience now.
—Tamiko Nimura, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Dec. 2023
Visual simulations prepared as part of the federal review process suggest the machines wouldn’t fundamentally change the viewshed.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2023
This project has the potential to negatively impact the historic viewshed of Mount Vernon and natural beauty of Piscataway National Park.
—Patrick Sisson, Curbed, 26 June 2018
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“Viewshed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/viewshed. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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