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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 25 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east, 25 miles off. SOUTHWORTH TO VASHON passes 2.6 miles off. 44 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Vashon Park District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.47177, -122.47915

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • VES Fields: 1.2 mi
  • Ober Park: 1.7 mi
  • Village Green: 1.8 mi
  • Agren Park: 1.9 mi
  • Vashon Commons: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Bill Fisher Memorial: 1.7 mi
  • In Memory to our War Dead: 1.7 mi
  • Eagle Scout: 1.7 mi
  • LTD Bacchus Memorial: 1.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.8 mi
Artworks
  • Tulip Lamp Posts: 1.7 mi
  • Musical Bench: 1.7 mi
  • The Door Fence: 1.8 mi
  • Poetry Pole: 1.8 mi
  • Fluctus Formarum: A Flood of Forms: 1.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Bicycle Tree: 3.5 mi
  • Tillicum Village: 4.9 mi
  • Midnight Express: 8.9 mi
  • Air Force One: 9.0 mi
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 9.1 mi
Beaches
  • Anderson Point Park Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Crow Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 4.9 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 5.2 mi
  • Private beach: 6.0 mi
Gardens
Peaks: 44
  • High Point: 6.7 mi
  • Indian Point: 7.0 mi
  • Gravel Pit Peak: 7.6 mi
  • High Point: 11.7 mi
  • Kinbee Hill: 11.9 mi
Picnic sites: 39
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 5.9 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 7
  • Dickerson Falls: 13.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 16.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Waterwall: 16.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 6
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 17.0 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 20.6 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.9 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
East Tiger MountainE 87°913 m24.9 mi
West Tiger #1E 84°891 m23.6 mi
West Tiger #2E 83°841 m23.2 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 88°795 m23.8 mi
West Tiger #3E 83°770 m23.0 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitE 91°629 m24.2 mi
South Tiger MountainE 92°619 m24.2 mi
Squak Mountain Central PeakE 84°618 m20.3 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/579975599

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