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Tilikum Place

Tilikum Place from directly overhead

Tilikum Place is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Seattle, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 1.0 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates47.61836, -122.34747

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Growing Vine Street Headwaters Park: 0.1 mi
  • Denny Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bell Street Park: 0.3 mi
  • Belltown Cottage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Urban Triangle Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
  • Peace Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Neototems Children's Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Poetry Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Arne Gillam Courtyard: 0.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
  • Bay Street End: 0.5 mi
  • West Denny Way Street End: 0.6 mi
  • Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 0.7 mi
  • West Thomas Street End: 0.7 mi
  • Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Queen Anne Hill: 1.0 mi
  • First Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Magnolia: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Shelter #1: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.0 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 6.2 mi
Lighthouses: 22
Waterfalls: 11
  • Waterwall: 7.9 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 5.6 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainESE 116°913 m20.7 mi
West Tiger #1ESE 114°891 m19.1 mi
West Tiger #2ESE 114°841 m18.5 mi
Tiger Middle SummitESE 117°795 m19.9 mi
Taylor MountainESE 118°792 m24.0 mi
Brew HillESE 119°774 m24.9 mi
West Tiger #3ESE 114°770 m18.2 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitESE 121°629 m21.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
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 °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, 5 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon1,019 obs
  • Pigeon Guillemot868 obs
  • European Starling635 obs
  • American Crow572 obs
  • Olympic Gull548 obs
  • Egg-yolk Jelly489 obs
  • Mottled Star489 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star484 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/101677291

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