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Ellis Creek Natural Area

Ellis Creek Natural Area from directly overhead

Ellis Creek Natural Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Crow Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO VASHON passes 6.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
King County Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.41688, -122.44102

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Beaches
  • Crow Beach: 0.1 mi
  • Anderson Point Park Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Dash Point State Park Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Sunrise Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Vashon Commons: 0.8 mi
  • Paradise Valley Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • Burton Adventure Recreation Center: 1.7 mi
  • Raab's Lagoon Park: 1.7 mi
  • Burton Acres and Jensen Point: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Maury Island Incident Mural: 1.0 mi
  • Vashon Audubon Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Redwood Bench: 1.2 mi
  • Sky Form: 1.2 mi
  • Fluctus Formarum: A Flood of Forms: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • Bicycle Tree: 1.0 mi
  • Kayak Rentals: 6.3 mi
  • Bubbleator: 7.2 mi
  • Arctic Fox: 8.4 mi
  • Muskoxen: 8.4 mi
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 3.6 mi
  • Indian Point: 4.0 mi
  • Indian Hill: 7.9 mi
  • High Point: 9.0 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 9.7 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Woodmont Country Club: 6.7 mi
  • Shelter 2: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 7.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 7.9 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 8
  • Far Country Falls: 16.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Dickerson Falls: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Springs: 6
  • Ellison Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 17.5 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Duryea Roadside Hidden Spring: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Ellis Creek Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainENE 78°913 m23.6 mi
West Tiger #1ENE 74°891 m22.6 mi
West Tiger #2ENE 73°841 m22.2 mi
Tiger Middle SummitENE 78°795 m22.5 mi
West Tiger #3ENE 73°770 m22.1 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitE 82°629 m22.6 mi
South Tiger MountainE 82°619 m22.6 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakENE 72°618 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:23
June solstice05:1420:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2919:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447515862676763544742
Precip in5.83.84.23.21.91.40.61.01.63.96.35.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Tacoma AP, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/423967878

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