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Sammamish Valley Park

Sammamish Valley Park from directly overhead

Sammamish Valley Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Dixie Peak stands 1,404 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Sixty Acres South, a park 0.5 miles away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 0.9 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Formerly part of the Cold War Nike Missile Base system, many trails now connect this historic park to the Education Hill and Bear Creek neighborhoods.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Redmond
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.70638, -122.15055

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sixty Acres South: 0.5 mi
  • Sixty Acres North: 0.7 mi
  • Mark Twain Park: 1.0 mi
  • 132nd Square Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kensington Community Park: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Changing Workplace, Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: 0.8 mi
  • Post Tensioned Obelisk: 0.8 mi
  • Individually We Transform, Together We Soar: 1.0 mi
  • Trace: 1.2 mi
  • Blue Heron: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Doolittle Art Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Green Burial Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Sunrise Cremation Garden: 3.5 mi
  • The Snail: 4.1 mi
  • Campus Farm: 4.2 mi
Museums
Peaks: 60
Nature reserves
Beaches: 52
Picnic sites: 29
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 4.8 mi
  • The Clearing: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.7 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 8.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.9 mi
Waterfalls: 22
  • Waterwall: 6.8 mi
  • McCauley Falls: 10.0 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.8 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 10
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 8.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Dixie PeakESE 122°1,404 m24.0 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 124°1,400 m23.9 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 123°1,326 m23.5 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓SE 126°1,254 m23.6 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSE 137°1,004 m23.5 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakSE 137°994.257 m22.5 mi
East Tiger MountainSSE 148°913 m17.8 mi
West Tiger #1SSE 150°891 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1120:2321:11
September equinox06:5618:2719:08
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard68 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail63 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco55 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog47 obs
  • American Robin44 obs
  • Song Sparrow42 obs
  • western redcedar42 obs
  • Great Blue Heron40 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/479194885

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