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View Ridge Park

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View Ridge Park is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 94 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bryant Park, a park 0.4 miles away. SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND passes 6.0 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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Coordinates47.68036, -122.28073

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bryant Park: 0.4 mi
  • University Circle: 0.6 mi
  • Inverness Ravine: 0.7 mi
  • Wedgwood Square: 0.8 mi
  • Wedgwood Pocket Park: 0.9 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Waldo Woods: 1.6 mi
  • Kingfisher Natural Area: 2.0 mi
  • Bartonwood Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • Licorice Fern Natural Area: 3.4 mi
  • South Woods Park: 4.2 mi
Museums
Beaches: 55
Peaks: 47
  • Promontory Point: 1.3 mi
  • Kite Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Queen Anne Hill: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites: 33
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.7 mi
  • The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.9 mi
  • Richmond Beach Saltwater Park: 7.6 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Waterwall: 6.8 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 12.1 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 13.7 mi
Lighthouses: 17
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 2
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Licton Springs: 3.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
East Tiger MountainSE 130°913 m20.4 mi
West Tiger #1SE 130°891 m18.7 mi
West Tiger #2SE 131°841 m18.2 mi
Tiger Middle SummitSE 133°795 m19.8 mi
Taylor MountainSE 131°792 m23.8 mi
Brew HillSE 131°774 m24.8 mi
West Tiger #3SE 131°770 m17.8 mi
South Tiger Mountain North SummitSE 135°629 m21.2 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:5615:2716:20

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard994 obs
  • Great Blue Heron718 obs
  • Song Sparrow693 obs
  • American Crow676 obs
  • great horsetail571 obs
  • western sword fern560 obs
  • western redcedar549 obs
  • Eastern Cottontail548 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/69708557

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