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Marra-Desimone Park

Marra-Desimone Park from directly overhead

Marra-Desimone Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle Peak stands 1,004 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is South Park Meadow, a park 0.2 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 3.1 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates47.52160, -122.32800

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • South Park Meadow: 0.2 mi
  • South Park Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Westcrest Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dallas Avenue South Triangle: 0.7 mi
  • South Park Plaza: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 60
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 1.1 mi
  • Camp Long: 3.3 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.7 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 5.1 mi
Attractions
  • Midnight Express: 1.2 mi
  • Air Force One: 1.3 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 1.5 mi
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 1.5 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Peaks: 50
  • High Point: 2.6 mi
  • First Hill: 5.8 mi
  • First Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.7 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 7.4 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 3.2 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waterwall: 9.2 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakE 100°1,004 m24.7 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 99°994.257 m23.9 mi
East Tiger MountainE 97°913 m17.9 mi
West Tiger #1E 94°891 m16.5 mi
West Tiger #2E 93°841 m16.0 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 98°795 m16.9 mi
Taylor MountainESE 103°792 m20.8 mi
Brew HillESE 104°774 m21.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
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 °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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Cross Orbweaver38 obs
  • poison hemlock38 obs
  • American Crow35 obs
  • Northern Flicker34 obs
  • Western Honey Bee30 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco27 obs
  • Pacific madrone27 obs
  • red deadnettle25 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/57850379

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