Waterfall Garden
Waterfall Garden is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. East Tiger Mountain stands 913 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Seattle Fallen Fire Fighters' Memorial, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. SEATTLE TO VASHON passes 0.3 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Built
- 1978
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the SEATTLE TO VASHON
- 0.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO BREMERTON
- 0.4 mi off the SEATTLE TO BAINBRIDGE ISLAND
- 0.7 mi off the Mountains to Sound Greenway - I-90, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pier 70 Viewpoint · 2 mi
- East Portal View · 2 mi
- Viewing Platform · 5 mi
- Mt. Rainier viewpoint · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Seattle Fallen Fire Fighters' Memorial: 0.0 mi
- Burke Building Arch: 0.3 mi
- Seattle's First Public School House Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Site of Launching of USS Nebraska: 0.4 mi
- Site of Skinner & Eddy Shipyard: 0.4 mi
- Occidental Square: 0.1 mi
- Union Station Square: 0.1 mi
- Prefontaine Place: 0.1 mi
- Washington Street Boat Landing: 0.2 mi
- Hing Hay Park: 0.3 mi
- Killer Whale (Totem): 0.1 mi
- Sun and Raven (Totem): 0.1 mi
- Anawog: 0.1 mi
- Fortson Square: 0.1 mi
- Bear (Totem): 0.1 mi
- Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park: 0.1 mi
- Seattle Presents: 0.3 mi
- Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery: 0.4 mi
- Seattle Pinball Museum: 0.4 mi
- Wing Luke Asian Museum: 0.4 mi
- Comedy Underground: 0.1 mi
- Smith Tower Observatory: 0.1 mi
- Pioneer Square Pergola: 0.1 mi
- Pioneer Square: 0.1 mi
- Underground Tour: 0.2 mi
- Arne Gillam Courtyard: 0.7 mi
- James "Cisco" Morris Biodiversity Garden: 0.9 mi
- Katie Black's Garden: 1.0 mi
- Atlantic Condominiums Urban Garden: 1.0 mi
- Three Car Park: 1.3 mi
- Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 2.3 mi
- Camp Long: 3.5 mi
- Schmitz Preserve Park: 3.7 mi
- Hamm Creek Natural Area: 6.2 mi
- Waldo Woods: 6.3 mi
- Pioneer Square Habitat Beach: 0.2 mi
- South Holgate Street End: 1.1 mi
- Bay Street End: 1.7 mi
- West Denny Way Street End: 1.8 mi
- Lake Union Park Kayak Launch and Beach: 1.9 mi
- First Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cherry Hill: 1.5 mi
- Capitol Hill: 2.2 mi
- Queen Anne Hill: 2.4 mi
- First Hill: 4.4 mi
- Shelter #1: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area A: 5.0 mi
- The Meadow -- Picnic Area B: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.1 mi
- Shelter 2: 5.1 mi
- Quarters A: 6.4 mi
- Quarters B: 6.4 mi
- West Point Light: 6.4 mi
- Point Robinson Lighthouse: 14.8 mi
- Oil House: 14.8 mi
- Waterwall: 7.2 mi
- North Fork Falls: 10.3 mi
- Far Country Falls: 11.0 mi
- Coal Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
- Doughty Falls: 11.8 mi
- Pigeon Point: 2.4 mi
- Magnolia Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Teaters Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Teekalet Bluff: 21.6 mi
- Fiddlers Bluff: 22.0 mi
- Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 5.1 mi
- Licton Springs: 6.8 mi
- Silver Lake Rest Area (closed): 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Waterfall Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Tiger Mountain | ESE 113° | 913 m | 19.5 mi |
| West Tiger #1 | ESE 112° | 891 m | 17.9 mi |
| West Tiger #2 | ESE 111° | 841 m | 17.4 mi |
| Tiger Middle Summit | ESE 115° | 795 m | 18.7 mi |
| Taylor Mountain | ESE 116° | 792 m | 22.8 mi |
| Brew Hill | ESE 117° | 774 m | 23.7 mi |
| West Tiger #3 | ESE 111° | 770 m | 17.1 mi |
| South Tiger Mountain North Summit | ESE 119° | 629 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:42 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:23 | 21:11 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:28 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:56 | 15:28 | 16:21 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.2 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 5.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seattle Boeing FLD, 4 mi away.
- Rock Pigeon996 obs
- Pigeon Guillemot845 obs
- European Starling612 obs
- Olympic Gull510 obs
- Egg-yolk Jelly483 obs
- Mottled Star476 obs
- American Crow441 obs
- Ochre Sea Star437 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/57883614
Day trips start here
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- Seattle/Pioneer Square-International District · 0 mi
- Seattle/Downtown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Sodo-Georgetown · 1 mi
- Seattle/Queen Anne-South Lake Union · 2 mi
- Seattle/Capitol Hill-Central District · 3 mi
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