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Blake Island Marine State Park

Blake Island Marine State Park from directly overhead

Blake Island Marine State Park is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Mount Turner stands 1,025 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Tillicum Village, a attraction 0.5 miles away. SEATTLE TO VASHON passes 1.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.53762, -122.49304

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Parks
  • Manchester Stormwater Park: 2.7 mi
  • Bensam Park: 3.7 mi
  • Halls Hill Lookout and Labyrinth: 4.2 mi
  • Charles Richey Senior Viewpoint: 4.4 mi
  • Weather Watch Park: 4.4 mi
Historic sites
Beaches
  • Lowman Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Private beach: 4.5 mi
  • Lytle Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 4.7 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 4.8 mi
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 4.7 mi
Peaks: 36
  • High Point: 5.4 mi
  • High Point: 7.1 mi
  • Magnolia Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Magnolia: 9.0 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 9.1 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 8
  • Dickerson Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Waterwall: 15.5 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 13.3 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 23.8 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 25.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Blake Island Marine State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TurnerNW 304°1,025 m24.3 mi
West Tiger #1E 95°891 m24.3 mi
West Tiger #2E 95°841 m23.8 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 98°795 m24.7 mi
West Tiger #3E 94°770 m23.5 mi
Green HillWNW 303°725 m23.3 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakE 96°618 m20.9 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakE 96°608 m20.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4219:23
June solstice05:1320:2421:12
September equinox06:5718:2919:10
December solstice07:5615:2916:22

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, 8 mi away.

  • Red Rock Crab38 obs
  • Pigeon Guillemot37 obs
  • Bald Eagle31 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star26 obs
  • Killdeer24 obs
  • Great Blue Heron24 obs
  • Mule Deer24 obs
  • Mottled Star20 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/758406144

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