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Columbia Park

Columbia Park from directly overhead

Columbia Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spirit of Washington, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 2.1 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.55976, -122.28740

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hitt's Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Central Park: 0.5 mi
  • Maple Park: 0.6 mi
  • View Point Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dearborn Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Rhodes Holocaust Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Sick's Stadium Home Plate: 1.5 mi
  • Anthony Q. Harris Memorial Bench: 1.8 mi
  • Homer M. Hadley: 2.1 mi
  • Frink Park Caretaker's House: 2.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.3 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 3.5 mi
  • Camp Long: 4.0 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 5.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 6.0 mi
Beaches: 59
Peaks: 56
  • First Hill: 2.7 mi
  • First Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 4.1 mi
  • High Point: 4.4 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter #1: 0.6 mi
  • Shelter 2: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.5 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 11
  • Waterwall: 6.1 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 8.8 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Licton Springs: 9.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 107°1,004 m23.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 106°994.257 m22.6 mi
East Tiger MountainESE 107°913 m16.6 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 105°891 m15.0 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 104°841 m14.5 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 109°795 m15.7 mi
Taylor MountainESE 111°792 m19.7 mi
Brew HillESE 113°774 m20.6 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, 2 mi away.

  • Cross Orbweaver290 obs
  • western sword fern209 obs
  • Mallard207 obs
  • Ptenothrix maculosa170 obs
  • western redcedar151 obs
  • American Crow140 obs
  • thimbleberry140 obs
  • Pacific madrone139 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/159261992

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