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Shinglemill Creek Natural Area

Shinglemill Creek Natural Area from directly overhead

Shinglemill Creek Natural Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. West Tiger #1 stands 891 m to the east, 24 miles off. SOUTHWORTH TO VASHON passes 2.5 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Vashon-Maury Island Land Trust Preserves

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.47485, -122.48128

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • VES Fields: 1.4 mi
  • Ober Park: 1.9 mi
  • Agren Park: 2.0 mi
  • Village Green: 2.1 mi
  • Vashon Commons: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Bill Fisher Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • Eagle Scout: 1.9 mi
  • In Memory to our War Dead: 1.9 mi
  • LTD Bacchus Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Tulip Lamp Posts: 1.9 mi
  • Musical Bench: 1.9 mi
  • The Door Fence: 2.0 mi
  • Poetry Pole: 2.1 mi
  • Fluctus Formarum: A Flood of Forms: 2.2 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Anderson Point Park Beach: 3.6 mi
  • Crow Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 4.8 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 5.1 mi
  • Private beach: 5.9 mi
Attractions
  • Bicycle Tree: 3.7 mi
  • Tillicum Village: 4.7 mi
  • Midnight Express: 9.0 mi
  • Air Force One: 9.0 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 9.1 mi
Gardens
Peaks: 42
  • High Point: 6.6 mi
  • Indian Point: 7.2 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 7.8 mi
  • High Point: 11.4 mi
  • First Hill: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 5.8 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 7
  • Dickerson Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 16.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Waterwall: 16.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 6
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Licton Springs: 16.9 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 20.8 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 22.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Shinglemill Creek Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
West Tiger #1E 85°891 m23.7 mi
West Tiger #2E 84°841 m23.3 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 88°795 m23.9 mi
West Tiger #3E 83°770 m23.1 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitE 92°629 m24.3 mi
South Tiger MountainE 92°619 m24.3 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakE 84°618 m20.4 mi
Squak Mountain West PeakE 84°608 m19.8 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 solstice07:5615:2916:22

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/579975598

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