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South Seattle College Arboretum

South Seattle College Arboretum from directly overhead

South Seattle College Arboretum is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Taihu Lake Rock, a artwork 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 2.7 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.55139, -122.35315

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Parks
  • Puget Ridge Edible Park: 0.3 mi
  • həʔapus Village Park and Shoreline Habitat: 0.5 mi
  • Puget Park: 0.5 mi
  • Soundway Park: 0.5 mi
  • Puget Boulevard Commons: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 60
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 1.8 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Private beach: 2.2 mi
  • South Holgate Street End: 2.4 mi
  • Southwest Bronson Way Street End: 2.6 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 48
  • High Point: 1.4 mi
  • First Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 5.5 mi
  • First Hill: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 2.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waterwall: 9.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Licton Springs: 10.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of South Seattle College Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainESE 103°913 m19.4 mi
West Tiger #1E 100°891 m17.9 mi
West Tiger #2E 100°841 m17.4 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 104°795 m18.5 mi
Taylor MountainESE 107°792 m22.4 mi
Brew HillESE 109°774 m23.3 mi
West Tiger #3E 99°770 m17.1 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 109°629 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

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, 2 mi away.

  • Northwestern Salamander182 obs
  • Long-toed Salamander98 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver82 obs
  • Pacific madrone62 obs
  • poison hemlock62 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird61 obs
  • thimbleberry57 obs
  • fringe cups57 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/353959142

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