Skip to content
Byway
JoinOpen app
Historic site · Washington

Top Of The Ocean Monument

Top Of The Ocean Monument from directly overhead

Top Of The Ocean Monument is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Indian Hill stands 167 m to the northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Park, a park 0.1 miles away. POINT DEFINANCE TO TAHLEQUAH passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.27630, -122.46664

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens: 60
  • Proctor Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Evergreen Tacoma Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Hilltop Urban Garden (H.U.G. Farm): 2.4 mi
  • Point Defiance Rose Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Northwest Native Plant Garden: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Indian Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Indian Point: 6.7 mi
  • Ford Hill: 8.2 mi
Attractions
  • Point Ruston: 2.0 mi
  • Uncorked Canvas: 2.1 mi
  • Lowland Anoa: 3.1 mi
  • Sumatran Tigers & Waterfall Panorama: 3.1 mi
  • Siamang: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 56
Beaches: 38
  • Salmon Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Owen Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Titlow Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 6.5 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Red Wolf Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Rustic Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Fort Nisqually Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • Shelter 2: 3.9 mi
  • Gig Harbor Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
Lighthouses: 8
Springs: 7
  • Garrison Springs: 8.2 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Clear Creek Springs: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Waterfalls: 7
  • Victor Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Nisqually Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 23.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Top Of The Ocean Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian HillNE167 m3.2 mi
Kelly HillSSW140 m16.2 mi
Bare HillSSW136 m16.2 mi
Eastman HillS132 m15.6 mi
Folsom HillS130 m15.6 mi
Swift HillSSW130 m16.2 mi
Beal HillSSW128 m15.6 mi
Berger HillS127 m13.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1420:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5515:3016:23

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525862676762544742
Precip in6.04.04.43.42.01.40.60.81.64.16.56.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Tacoma #1, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12513305590

More historic sites in Washington

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore historic sites
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Top Of The Ocean Monument.

Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens