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Tam O'Shanter Park

Tam O'Shanter Park from directly overhead

Tam O'Shanter Park is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 87 m. Mount Teneriffe stands 1,459 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Viewpoint Open Space, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 522 TO JCT SR 90 VIC NORTH BEND passes 2.4 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
87 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Bellevue

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.62553, -122.10616

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Evans Creek Natural Area: 3.1 mi
  • Kathryn C. Lewis Natural Area: 4.7 mi
  • Hazel Wolf Wetlands Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • City of Bellevue Open Space: 5.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Natural Area: 5.7 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Cougar Mountain (Anti-Aircraft Peak): 5.9 mi
  • Union Hill: 6.2 mi
  • First Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Marshall's Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Long View Peak: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 34
  • Tibbetts Beach Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.1 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 28
  • Waterwall: 3.6 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 7.3 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.0 mi
  • Canyon Spring: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Tam O'Shanter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount TeneriffeESE 113°1,459 m20.8 mi
Green MountainESE 110°1,431 m21.5 mi
Dixie PeakESE 111°1,404 m19.6 mi
Blowdown MountainESE 113°1,400 m19.4 mi
Crater Lake PeakESE 113°1,326 m19.1 mi
Mount Si / q̓əlbc̓ESE 115°1,254 m19.0 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - Middle PeakSE 129°1,004 m18.1 mi
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakSE 129°994.257 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:21
June solstice05:1120:2221:11
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rock Pigeon142 obs
  • Mallard68 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver64 obs
  • Bald Eagle57 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco54 obs
  • western sword fern51 obs
  • western redcedar39 obs
  • European holly39 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/73530090

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