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Roanoke Park

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Roanoke Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bagley Viewpoint, a park 0.1 miles away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 3.0 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Seattle Parks and Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.64387, -122.32031

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bagley Viewpoint: 0.1 mi
  • East Edgar Street End: 0.2 mi
  • East Hamlin Street End: 0.2 mi
  • Rogers Playground: 0.2 mi
  • East Shelby Street End: 0.3 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Streissguth Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Tikvah's Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Desert: 0.7 mi
  • Warm Tropics: 0.7 mi
  • Cool Tropics: 0.8 mi
Attractions
  • MV Skansonia: 0.7 mi
  • Three Brick Monoliths: 1.0 mi
  • Reading Room: 1.0 mi
  • Harry Partch Instrumentarium: 1.2 mi
  • Lotus: 1.3 mi
Nature reserves
  • Waldo Woods: 3.3 mi
  • Bartonwood Natural Area: 4.1 mi
  • Kingfisher Natural Area: 4.1 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 5.3 mi
  • Pipers Creek Natural Area: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 59
  • Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Madison Park Beach: 2.1 mi
  • 6th Avenue West Street End: 2.1 mi
  • East Harrison Street End: 2.3 mi
  • Bay Street End: 2.6 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Capitol Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 1.9 mi
  • First Hill: 2.5 mi
  • Magnolia: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 37
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.7 mi
  • Shelter #1: 5.7 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 5.9 mi
Lighthouses: 22
Waterfalls: 12
  • Waterwall: 7.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Licton Springs: 3.9 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainESE 122°913 m20.4 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 121°891 m18.7 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 121°841 m18.2 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 124°795 m19.7 mi
Taylor MountainESE 123°792 m23.8 mi
Brew HillSE 124°774 m24.8 mi
West Tiger #3ESE 121°770 m17.9 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitSE 127°629 m20.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4119:22
June solstice05:1220:2321:12
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5615:2816:21

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, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard1,887 obs
  • Canada Goose1,798 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1,559 obs
  • American Crow1,391 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail1,101 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,037 obs
  • Song Sparrow1,022 obs
  • Gadwall972 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/13801411

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