Bear Creek Park
Bear Creek Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mount Teneriffe stands 1,459 m to the east-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Albert Anderson Memorial Park, a historic site 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Redmond
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- On the JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND
- 6.6 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
- 7.2 mi off the JCT WEST LAKE SAMMAMISH PKWY VIC ISSAQUAH TO JCT SR 970 VIC CLE ELUM
- 10.4 mi off the JCT EAST SUNSET WAY VIC ISSAQUAH TO VIC THORP
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Trail Viewing Mound · 1 mi
- Viewing Platform · 8 mi
- Overlook · 8 mi
- Trail Head Vista · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Albert Anderson Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Red Brick Road, 1913: 1.4 mi
- Microsoft Product Walk of Fame: 2.2 mi
- Siedel Creek Dam Ruins: 3.8 mi
- Memorial for Kari: 4.3 mi
- Air Grove: 0.3 mi
- Aurora and Diane: 0.3 mi
- Christ: 0.5 mi
- Spoke: 0.5 mi
- Trikonasana: 0.6 mi
- Green Burial Garden: 0.5 mi
- Sunrise Cremation Garden: 0.5 mi
- Doolittle Art Garden: 1.0 mi
- Overlake Park Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Bellevue Demonstration Garden: 5.3 mi
- Flagpole Plaza Park: 0.6 mi
- O'Leary Park: 0.7 mi
- Nike Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Downtown Park: 0.8 mi
- Redmond Central Connector Park: 0.8 mi
- Evans Creek Natural Area: 1.5 mi
- Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 3.9 mi
- Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 6.8 mi
- Stillwater Natural Area (King County): 6.8 mi
- Stillwater Natural Area: 7.4 mi
- Microsoft Logo: 2.4 mi
- Microsoft Visitor Center: 2.5 mi
- Adams Bench Winery: 4.1 mi
- Challenger Ridge Winery: 4.3 mi
- Hollywood Hill Winery: 4.3 mi
- Kirkland Heritage Society: 4.7 mi
- KidsQuest Children's Museum: 5.4 mi
- DeYoung House: 5.8 mi
- Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture: 9.5 mi
- Camlann Medieval Village: 9.5 mi
- Union Hill: 5.8 mi
- Ring Hill: 6.4 mi
- Kite Hill: 6.6 mi
- Norway Hill: 6.7 mi
- Promontory Point: 6.8 mi
- Rosemont Beach: 3.7 mi
- Road End Beach: 5.3 mi
- Duvall Beach: 7.3 mi
- Alexander Beach: 7.4 mi
- Calkins Point: 7.7 mi
- Waterwall: 5.5 mi
- North Fork Falls: 9.4 mi
- McCauley Falls: 9.6 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Far Country Falls: 10.5 mi
- Picnic Shelter 2: 6.5 mi
- Picnic Area A: 7.9 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 8.0 mi
- The Clearing: 8.0 mi
- Quarters A: 15.2 mi
- Quarters B: 15.2 mi
- West Point Light: 15.2 mi
- Ladder Storage: 21.2 mi
- Oil House: 21.2 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 13.5 mi
- Pigeon Point: 13.6 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 13.9 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 14.6 mi
- World Wall: 20.4 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 9.1 mi
- Licton Springs: 10.9 mi
- Canyon Spring: 23.6 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 16.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Bear Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Teneriffe | ESE 120° | 1,459 m | 22.3 mi |
| Dixie Peak | ESE 119° | 1,404 m | 21.1 mi |
| Blowdown Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,400 m | 20.9 mi |
| Crater Lake Peak | ESE 121° | 1,326 m | 20.6 mi |
| Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ | ESE 123° | 1,254 m | 20.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak | SE 136° | 1,004 m | 20.4 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak | SE 136° | 994.257 m | 19.4 mi |
| East Tiger Mountain | SSE 149° | 913 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:41 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:11 | 20:22 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:27 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 15:27 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 7 mi away.
- Great Blue Heron552 obs
- Rock Pigeon431 obs
- Mallard266 obs
- American Robin266 obs
- Bald Eagle231 obs
- Song Sparrow221 obs
- American Crow212 obs
- Canada Goose209 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/32544729
Day trips start here
- Redmond · 1 mi
- Kirkland · 4 mi
- Bellevue · 5 mi
- Woodinville · 6 mi
- Bothell · 8 mi
- Mercer Island · 9 mi
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