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Riverview Playfield

Riverview Playfield from directly overhead

Riverview Playfield is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 94 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Soundway Park, a park 0.4 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 2.4 miles off. 47 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
94 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.53862, -122.34846

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Soundway Park: 0.4 mi
  • Terminal 115 Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tổ Đình Việt Nam;Vietnamese Cultural Center: 0.7 mi
  • 1st Avenue South Street End: 0.7 mi
  • Triangle Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Beaches: 60
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 1.2 mi
  • Private beach: 2.3 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 2.5 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Camp Long: 1.8 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.3 mi
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 2.6 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.6 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 6.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 47
  • High Point: 1.4 mi
  • First Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 5.7 mi
  • First Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 6.4 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 2.4 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waterwall: 9.3 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 11.3 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 5
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 9.4 mi
  • Licton Springs: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainE 100°913 m19.0 mi
West Tiger #1E 98°891 m17.6 mi
West Tiger #2E 97°841 m17.1 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 102°795 m18.0 mi
Taylor MountainESE 105°792 m22.0 mi
Brew HillESE 107°774 m22.8 mi
West Tiger #3E 96°770 m16.8 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 106°629 m18.8 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
  • Northwestern Salamander182 obs
  • Long-toed Salamander98 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver69 obs
  • poison hemlock66 obs
  • Pacific madrone64 obs
  • Salmonberry56 obs
  • Osoberry56 obs
  • fringe cups51 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/166768715

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