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College Street Park

College Street Park from directly overhead

College Street Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Martin Luther King Junior Civil Rights Memorial Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 0.5 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.58273, -122.29455

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Martin Luther King Junior Civil Rights Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
  • Mount Claire Park: 0.4 mi
  • Seattle Children's Playgarden: 0.5 mi
  • South Holgate Street End: 0.5 mi
  • Mt. Baker Ridge Viewpoint: 0.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.9 mi
  • Camp Long: 4.1 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 5.0 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 5.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 55
  • First Hill: 2.2 mi
  • First Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter #1: 1.4 mi
  • Shelter 2: 3.0 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.3 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 12
  • Waterwall: 5.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 8.3 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of College Street Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 110°1,004 m24.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 110°994.257 m23.4 mi
East Tiger MountainESE 112°913 m17.5 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 110°891 m15.8 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 109°841 m15.3 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 114°795 m16.6 mi
Taylor MountainESE 115°792 m20.7 mi
Brew HillESE 116°774 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434447525863676863544642
Precip in5.23.73.92.92.01.20.60.81.43.55.85.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 3 mi away.

  • Cross Orbweaver85 obs
  • Ptenothrix maculosa85 obs
  • American Crow75 obs
  • western sword fern69 obs
  • western redcedar62 obs
  • bittersweet nightshade61 obs
  • Rock Pigeon58 obs
  • great horsetail57 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 site

OpenStreetMap element way/51473916

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