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West Seattle Bee Garden

West Seattle Bee Garden from directly overhead

West Seattle Bee Garden is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 106 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is High Point Commons Park, a park 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 1.9 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.54656, -122.37270

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • High Point Commons Park: 0.1 mi
  • Judy Fey Park: 0.1 mi
  • Viewpoint Park: 0.2 mi
  • Bataan Park: 0.2 mi
  • High Point Pond Park: 0.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Beaches: 60
  • Lowman Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Private beach: 1.3 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 2.1 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 2.4 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.5 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Midnight Express: 3.8 mi
  • Air Force One: 3.9 mi
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 4.1 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 4.1 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 4.1 mi
Peaks: 46
  • High Point: 0.5 mi
  • First Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 1.7 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 8
  • Waterwall: 10.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 10.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainESE 101°913 m20.3 mi
West Tiger #1E 99°891 m18.8 mi
West Tiger #2E 98°841 m18.3 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 102°795 m19.3 mi
Taylor MountainESE 106°792 m23.2 mi
Brew HillESE 107°774 m24.1 mi
West Tiger #3E 98°770 m18.0 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 107°629 m20.1 mi
Conditions

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Horned Nudibranch255 obs
  • Northwestern Salamander182 obs
  • Pacific madrone162 obs
  • Mottled Star143 obs
  • American Crow133 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver130 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird113 obs
  • thimbleberry112 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/603140563

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