Balto Seppala Park
Balto Seppala Park is a park in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Mount Williwaw stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lloyd Steele Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Seward Highway passes 2.6 miles off.
How to reach it
- 2.6 mi off the Seward Highway, National
- 3.1 mi off the Glenn Highway, National
- 0.7 mi off the Alaska Railroad
Overlooks nearby
- Westchester Lagoon Nature viewing platform · 1 mi
- Ship Creek Overlook · 3 mi
- Potter's Marsh · 10 mi
- Beluga Point Viewpoint · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lloyd Steele Park: 0.3 mi
- Kiwanis Fish Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Woodland Park: 0.5 mi
- Pete's Park: 0.7 mi
- Spenard Beach Park: 0.7 mi
- Near Point: 10.1 mi
- Rusty Point: 10.6 mi
- Snow Hawk Mountain: 10.7 mi
- Blueberry Knoll: 10.9 mi
- Little O'Malley Peak: 11.5 mi
- Nothern Air Cargo DC-6: 1.1 mi
- Benny Benson Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Commemorative Plaque of Pope John Paul II Visit: 2.0 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 2.1 mi
- O’er Land and Sea a Beacon Bright: 2.2 mi
- Ch'atanaltsegh: where yellow water comes out: 0.5 mi
- Fish Creek Tunnel Art: 0.7 mi
- Raven: 1.0 mi
- Chanshtnu Indigenous Placename Marker: 1.5 mi
- "Transformation": 1.5 mi
- Spenard Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Amen Acres: 1.7 mi
- Midtown Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- I Street Community Garden: 2.0 mi
- Centennial Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- Alaska Aviation Museum: 1.2 mi
- Anchorage Museum: 2.7 mi
- Alaska Law Enforcement Museum: 2.7 mi
- LumaLim: 2.8 mi
- Alaska Jewish Museum: 2.9 mi
- Alaska Railroad No. 556 - Steam Locomotive: 2.4 mi
- Ceremonial Start of Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race: 2.7 mi
- Dall Sheep: 6.8 mi
- Potter Historic Site: 10.8 mi
- Indian Valley Mine: 19.9 mi
- Niagara Falls: 13.3 mi
- South Fork Falls: 17.0 mi
- Heritage Falls: 24.5 mi
- Lyn Ary Beach: 0.9 mi
- Beaver Beach: 19.9 mi
- Taku lake Picnic Site: 3.5 mi
- Russian Jack Spring: 5.5 mi
- Goose Bay State Game Refuge: 13.5 mi
- Tortilla Chip Rock: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Balto Seppala Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Williwaw | ESE 112° | 1,660 m | 15.6 mi |
| Temptation Peak | E 97° | 1,641 m | 14.2 mi |
| East Tanaina Peak | ESE 105° | 1,633 m | 14.4 mi |
| West Tanaina Peak | ESE 106° | 1,605 m | 13.8 mi |
| The Ramp | ESE 117° | 1,597 m | 15.1 mi |
| Tikishla Peak | ESE 104° | 1,594 m | 13.4 mi |
| O'Malley Peak | ESE 117° | 1,570 m | 13.6 mi |
| Koktoya Peak | ESE 106° | 1,569 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 08:01 | 19:17 | 20:15 |
| June solstice | 04:22 | 22:16 | 23:43 |
| September equinox | 07:45 | 19:05 | 20:02 |
| December solstice | 10:15 | — | 15:42 |
Local time (America/Anchorage).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 17 | 21 | 25 | 38 | 49 | 58 | 61 | 59 | 50 | 37 | 24 | 19 |
| Precip in | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anchorage LK Hood SEA Plane BA, 1 mi away.
- Moose703 obs
- Red-necked Grebe457 obs
- Sandhill Crane417 obs
- Black-billed Magpie412 obs
- Short-billed Gull385 obs
- Mallard376 obs
- Arctic Tern349 obs
- Canada Goose261 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/800800627
Day trips start here
- Anchorage · 3 mi
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