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Kelsey Creek Park

Kelsey Creek Park from directly overhead

Kelsey Creek Park is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Mount Teneriffe stands 1,459 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Richards Creek Open Space, a park 0.3 miles away. Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90 passes 1.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
12 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Bellevue
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.60114, -122.16545

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richards Creek Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Woodridge Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Woodridge Water Tower Park: 0.7 mi
  • Skyridge Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wilburton Hill Park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 3.4 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 4.3 mi
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 6.0 mi
  • Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 7.6 mi
  • Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 7.9 mi
Peaks
  • First Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.2 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Long View Peak: 6.3 mi
  • Wilderness Peak: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 53
  • Mercerwood Shore Club beach: 2.8 mi
  • Calkins Point: 2.9 mi
  • Rosemont Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Road End Beach: 4.3 mi
  • North Beach: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 35
  • Picnic Area A: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 2.9 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 2.9 mi
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Shelter 2: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 20
  • Waterwall: 0.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 6.2 mi
Lighthouses: 19
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 10.5 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Kelsey Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TeneriffeESE 106°1,459 m22.8 mi
Dixie PeakESE 105°1,404 m21.7 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 106°1,400 m21.4 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 106°1,326 m21.1 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 108°1,254 m20.9 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakESE 120°1,004 m19.4 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakESE 120°994.257 m18.5 mi
East Tiger MountainSE 127°913 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1220:2221:11
September equinox06:5618:2819:08
December solstice07:5515:2716:20

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424347515761676762544642
Precip in5.13.53.93.02.21.60.81.01.73.75.95.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Sand PT WFO, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • western skunk cabbage188 obs
  • Mallard178 obs
  • Salmonberry148 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco142 obs
  • American Robin128 obs
  • western sword fern128 obs
  • Douglas-fir109 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog104 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/47397585

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