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Hilltop Park

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Hilltop Park is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 104 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverton, a ghost town 0.6 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 4.9 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
104 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Burien
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.49019, -122.30049

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Sensory Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Cascadia Cultivars: 0.8 mi
  • Puget Sound Daylily Club: 0.8 mi
  • Seike Japanese Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Seattle Rose Society: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 3.4 mi
  • Springbrook Greenbelt: 4.6 mi
  • Ikuta Greenbelt: 5.2 mi
  • Valley Floor Community Park: 5.4 mi
Attractions
  • McDonnell Douglas F/A-18A Hornet: 1.9 mi
  • Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird: 1.9 mi
  • LEM: 1.9 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 1.9 mi
  • Gemini Capsule: 1.9 mi
Museums
Beaches
  • Pritchard Island Beach: 3.2 mi
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 3.3 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 4.8 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 4.9 mi
  • Kennydale Beach: 4.9 mi
Peaks: 55
  • High Point: 4.9 mi
  • First Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 7.8 mi
  • First Hill: 8.2 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 8.8 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter 2: 4.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 5.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 5.2 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Waterfalls: 10
  • Far Country Falls: 8.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Waterwall: 10.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 4
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 21.8 mi
  • Garrison Springs: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 95°1,004 m23.2 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 94°994.257 m22.4 mi
East Tiger MountainE 90°913 m16.5 mi
West Tiger #1E 86°891 m15.2 mi
West Tiger #2E 85°841 m14.8 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 91°795 m15.4 mi
Taylor MountainE 97°792 m19.1 mi
Brew HillE 99°774 m19.9 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:5515:2816:21

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • poison hemlock62 obs
  • Pacific madrone55 obs
  • tansy55 obs
  • western redcedar52 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver39 obs
  • Osoberry38 obs
  • Italian arum36 obs
  • common yarrow33 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/422104770

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