Lake City Beach Park
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Lake City Beach Park is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is University Lake Shore Place, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 5.6 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Lake City Beach Park, formerly known as Northeast 130th Street Beach, is a 60-foot-wide (18 m) public beach in Seattle on Lake Washington located immediately off the Burke-Gilman Trail at the eastern end of NE 130th Street in Lake City. The beach was a source of controversy when, in 2013, after 82 years of public access, a fence was put by the owners of the two adjoining properties after they discovered a legal technicality that gave them ownership of the segment. The City of Seattle threatened in 2015 to force purchase of the land under eminent domain. Condemnation proceedings resulted in a settlement, and in 2019, the beach was made an official city park and officially named NE 130th Street End. The case had attracted enough attention over the years that The Seattle Times treated its designation as a park as front-page news. In February 2025, the park received its current name.
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Wikidata Q22073393, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
- 7.8 mi off the EDMONDS TO KINGSTON
- 8.7 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 8.8 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Bird Trail Viewing Mound · 9 mi
- East Portal View · 9 mi
- Viewing Platform · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- University Lake Shore Place: 0.3 mi
- Cedar Park: 0.4 mi
- Lake City Memorial Triangle: 0.7 mi
- Lake City Mini-Park: 0.7 mi
- Albert Davis Park: 0.8 mi
- Lake City Living Memorial Triangle: 0.4 mi
- In Memory - Will Rogers: 0.8 mi
- Saint Edward State Park: 1.3 mi
- Battle of Manila Bay Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Greenhouse: 2.3 mi
- Rock Stack: 0.6 mi
- Lake City Gateway: 0.7 mi
- Tlinget Street Mural: 0.8 mi
- Lake City Historical Mural: 0.8 mi
- Coffee Pot Pergola: 0.8 mi
- Jane's Fighting Garden: 0.7 mi
- Meadowbrook Community Garden and Orchard: 1.3 mi
- Animal Acres Demonstration Garden: 2.3 mi
- Nutmeg: 2.4 mi
- Wedgwood Demonstration Garden: 2.5 mi
- South Woods Park: 1.5 mi
- Licorice Fern Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Kingfisher Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Lake Forest Park Legacy Green Space: 2.2 mi
- Waldo Woods: 2.7 mi
- The Ravenna Troll Booth: 3.9 mi
- Harry Partch Instrumentarium: 4.7 mi
- Three Brick Monoliths: 4.8 mi
- Reading Room: 4.8 mi
- Historic Carousel: 4.9 mi
- Shoreline Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Shoreline Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Unity Museum: 4.5 mi
- Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture: 4.6 mi
- Kirkland Heritage Society: 4.6 mi
- Matthews Beach: 1.8 mi
- East Green Lake Beach: 3.7 mi
- West Green Lake Beach: 3.9 mi
- Spring Beach: 5.1 mi
- Road End Beach: 5.7 mi
- Kite Hill: 3.2 mi
- Promontory Point: 3.6 mi
- Norway Hill: 4.1 mi
- Capitol Hill: 6.7 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 3.3 mi
- Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: 5.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 9.5 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 9.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 9.7 mi
- Waterwall: 9.2 mi
- North Fork Falls: 14.6 mi
- McCauley Falls: 15.5 mi
- Far Country Falls: 15.7 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
- Quarters B: 8.3 mi
- Quarters A: 8.3 mi
- West Point Light: 8.3 mi
- Ladder Storage: 15.6 mi
- Oil House: 15.6 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Pigeon Point: 11.1 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 13.7 mi
- Scatchet Head: 14.7 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 17.3 mi
- Licton Springs: 3.2 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 3.7 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 12.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lake City Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | SE 136° | 913 m | 22.5 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | SE 137° | 891 m | 20.8 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | SE 137° | 841 m | 20.2 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | SE 138° | 795 m | 21.9 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | SE 137° | 770 m | 19.9 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | SE 140° | 629 m | 23.4 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain | SE 141° | 619 m | 23.5 mi |
| Squak Mountain Central Peak | SE 144° | 618 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:41 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:12 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:27 | 16:20 |
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 | 42 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 3 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Meadow Point, Shilshole Bay, WA, 6 miaway — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/293126948
Day trips start here
- Seattle/North · 2 mi
- Shoreline · 4 mi
- Bothell · 5 mi
- Kirkland · 5 mi
- Mountlake Terrace · 5 mi
- Seattle/Ballard · 5 mi
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