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Jimi Hendrix Park

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Jimi Hendrix Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Northwest African American Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 runs past it. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.58894, -122.30106

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Benvenuto Viewpoint: 0.1 mi
  • Seattle Children's Playgarden: 0.1 mi
  • Atlantic Street Park: 0.2 mi
  • Judge Charles M. Stokes Overlook: 0.3 mi
  • Future Sister City Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.8 mi
  • Camp Long: 4.0 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 4.8 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 5.3 mi
  • Waldo Woods: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 58
Peaks: 54
  • First Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 2.0 mi
  • First Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter #1: 1.9 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 3.5 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 3.6 mi
  • Shelter 2: 3.6 mi
Lighthouses: 22
Waterfalls: 12
  • Waterwall: 5.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.2 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Licton Springs: 7.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 111°1,004 m24.8 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 110°994.257 m23.9 mi
East Tiger MountainESE 113°913 m17.9 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 111°891 m16.3 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 110°841 m15.7 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 115°795 m17.0 mi
Taylor MountainESE 116°792 m21.1 mi
Brew HillESE 117°774 m22.1 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.

  • Rock Pigeon252 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver130 obs
  • American Crow129 obs
  • western sword fern106 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail101 obs
  • Ptenothrix maculosa76 obs
  • American Robin72 obs
  • western redcedar72 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/231761377

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