Ghost town · Washington
Riverton
Riverton is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 112 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Southern Heights Park, a park 0.2 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 4.3 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.
ghost town in King County, Washington, United States
How to reach it
Coordinates47.49470, -122.31100
- 4.3 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH
- 4.3 mi off the FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON
- 6.6 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 7.2 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
Overlooks nearby
- East Portal View · 7 mi
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 9 mi
- South Beach Drive Road End · 11 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Southern Heights Park: 0.2 mi
- Hilltop Park: 0.6 mi
- Cecil Moses Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Sunset Park: 1.0 mi
- Duwamish Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- The Gathering Place: 1.1 mi
- Four: 1.5 mi
- Amelia Earhart sculpture: 1.7 mi
- Dreams Really Do Come True: 1.8 mi
- Team Effort: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 60
- Cascadia Cultivars: 1.1 mi
- Puget Sound Daylily Club: 1.1 mi
- Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 1.1 mi
- Seattle Rose Society: 1.1 mi
- Seike Japanese Garden: 1.1 mi
Museums
- Library and Archives: 1.7 mi
- Museum of Flight: 1.8 mi
- Space Gallery: 1.8 mi
- The Red Barn: 1.8 mi
- Pacific Northwest Railroad Archive: 2.4 mi
Beaches
- 8th Avenue South Street End: 2.8 mi
- Pritchard Island Beach: 3.3 mi
- Southwest 98th Street End: 4.2 mi
- Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 4.3 mi
- Private beach: 5.1 mi
Historic sites: 59
- Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
- LGM-30 Minuteman Silo Training Site: 1.6 mi
- Tribute wall: 1.8 mi
- Memorial Stone: 2.4 mi
- Railroad Car: 3.2 mi
Attractions: 59
- McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 1.7 mi
- Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 1.7 mi
- Wright Flyer: 1.8 mi
- LEM: 1.8 mi
- Gemini Capsule: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Walker Creek Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Springbrook Greenbelt: 5.2 mi
- Camp Long: 5.3 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 50
- High Point: 4.4 mi
- First Hill: 6.9 mi
- Marshall's Hill: 8.2 mi
- Cherry Hill: 8.5 mi
- Capitol Hill: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Shelter 1: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 3: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter 4: 4.6 mi
- Shelter 2: 4.7 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Quarters B: 8.0 mi
- Quarters A: 8.1 mi
- Ship's Store: 8.1 mi
- Storehouse: 8.1 mi
Waterfalls: 9
- Far Country Falls: 8.7 mi
- North Fork Falls: 8.9 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
- Doughty Falls: 9.6 mi
- Waterwall: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
- Pigeon Point: 5.7 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 17.9 mi
- Windy Bluff: 24.6 mi
Springs: 4
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.2 mi
- Licton Springs: 14.2 mi
- Maplewood Spring: 22.1 mi
- Garrison Springs: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Riverton. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak | E 96° | 1,004 m | 23.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak | E 94° | 994 m | 22.9 mi |
| East Tiger Mountain | E 91° | 913 m | 17.0 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | E 92° | 795 m | 15.9 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | E 98° | 792 m | 19.6 mi |
| Brew Hill | E 100° | 774 m | 20.4 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 104° | 663 m | 22.6 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | E 98° | 629 m | 16.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:13 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
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 | 43 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 54 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 3.9 | 6.3 | 5.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Burien · 2 mi
- Tukwila · 2 mi
- White Center · 2 mi
- SeaTac · 4 mi
- Renton · 5 mi
- Seattle/South · 5 mi
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