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Pioneer Square Habitat Beach

Pioneer Square Habitat Beach from directly overhead

Pioneer Square Habitat Beach is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Street Boat Landing, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO VASHON runs past it. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

Urban beach in Seattle, Washington, U.S.

Wikidata Q120429811, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Built
2023-07-01

How to reach it

Coordinates47.60114, -122.33674

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions: 60
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens: 60
Nature reserves
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.2 mi
  • Camp Long: 3.4 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.5 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 6.3 mi
  • Waldo Woods: 6.3 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 55
  • South Holgate Street End: 1.1 mi
  • Bay Street End: 1.5 mi
  • West Denny Way Street End: 1.6 mi
  • West Thomas Street End: 1.8 mi
  • Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 1.8 mi
Peaks: 44
  • First Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Magnolia: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Picnic Area A: 5.2 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.2 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 5.3 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.3 mi
Lighthouses: 13
Waterfalls: 11
  • Waterwall: 7.4 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 6.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Pioneer Square Habitat Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainESE913 m19.8 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE795 m18.9 mi
Taylor MountainESE792 m23.0 mi
Brew HillESE774 m23.9 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE629 m20.0 mi
South Tiger MountainESE619 m20.0 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakESE618 m15.1 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakESE608 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5615:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525863676863544642
Precip in5.23.73.92.92.01.20.60.81.43.55.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 4 mi away.

Mean tidal range 7.66 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station SEATTLE (Madison St.), Elliott Bay, WA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1189020987

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