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Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden

Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden from directly overhead

Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 121 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Elda Behm's Paradise Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 5.2 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates47.47862, -122.30378

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Elda Behm's Paradise Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 0.0 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 0.1 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 0.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Sunset Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pacwest Little League: 0.7 mi
  • Riverton Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hilltop Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cascade View Community Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.3 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 2.7 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 4.2 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 4.7 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 4.7 mi
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 2.7 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 2.7 mi
  • LEM: 2.7 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 2.8 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 2.8 mi
Beaches
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 4.0 mi
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 5.0 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 5.1 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 5.4 mi
Peaks: 56
  • High Point: 5.4 mi
  • First Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 8.3 mi
  • First Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.4 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.5 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 9
  • Far Country Falls: 8.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Waterwall: 10.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Licton Springs: 15.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.0 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 24.1 mi
  • Ellison Spring: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 4

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 93°1,004 m23.3 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 92°994.257 m22.5 mi
East Tiger MountainE 88°913 m16.7 mi
West Tiger #1E 83°891 m15.4 mi
Enumclaw MountainSE 129°849 m24.6 mi
West Tiger #2E 82°841 m15.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 88°795 m15.6 mi
Taylor MountainE 95°792 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2916:21

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, 2 mi away.

  • poison hemlock57 obs
  • western redcedar52 obs
  • Pacific madrone45 obs
  • Rock Pigeon41 obs
  • tansy41 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver37 obs
  • Italian arum36 obs
  • Osoberry33 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/521034649

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