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Westcrest Park

Westcrest Park from directly overhead

Westcrest Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 127 m. Rattlesnake Mountain - West Peak stands 994 m to the east, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Flyers, a artwork 0.2 miles away. FAUNTLEROY TO SOUTHWORTH passes 2.5 miles off. 49 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates47.52156, -122.34131

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Flyers: 0.2 mi
  • Flyers: 0.3 mi
  • Flyers: 0.3 mi
  • In Honor of Deputy Steve Cox: 0.8 mi
  • South Park Lights: 0.9 mi
Parks
  • Marra-Desimone Park: 0.6 mi
  • White Center Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • South Park Meadow: 0.8 mi
  • Steve Cox Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
  • South Park Playground: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 60
  • 8th Avenue South Street End: 1.3 mi
  • Southwest Brace Point Drive Street End: 2.5 mi
  • Southwest 98th Street End: 2.6 mi
  • Private beach: 2.9 mi
  • Lowman Beach: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
  • Hamm Creek Natural Area: 1.6 mi
  • Camp Long: 3.0 mi
  • Tribal Elder Bernice White Place: 3.5 mi
  • Schmitz Preserve Park: 4.7 mi
  • Walker Creek Preserve: 5.0 mi
Attractions
  • Midnight Express: 1.9 mi
  • Air Force One: 1.9 mi
  • Wright Flyer: 2.1 mi
  • Sputnik 1 (engineering model): 2.1 mi
  • Resurs-500 Descent Module: 2.1 mi
Peaks: 49
  • High Point: 2.1 mi
  • First Hill: 6.1 mi
  • First Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Cherry Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Capitol Hill: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 40
  • Picnic Shelter 1: 2.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 2: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 3: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 4: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Shelter 5: 2.6 mi
Lighthouses: 14
Ghost towns: 9
Waterfalls: 9
  • Waterwall: 9.7 mi
  • North Fork Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Far Country Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Coal Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Doughty Falls: 10.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Ravenna Park Sulfur Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Licton Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Maplewood Spring: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake Mountain - West PeakE 98°994.257 m24.5 mi
East Tiger MountainE 97°913 m18.5 mi
West Tiger #1E 94°891 m17.1 mi
West Tiger #2E 93°841 m16.6 mi
Tiger Middle SummitE 98°795 m17.5 mi
Taylor MountainESE 102°792 m21.4 mi
Brew HillESE 104°774 m22.2 mi
West Tiger #3E 92°770 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:1320:2321:11
September equinox06:5718:2819:09
December solstice07:5515:2816:21

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Long-toed Salamander47 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver45 obs
  • poison hemlock45 obs
  • Northern Flicker36 obs
  • Western Honey Bee33 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco32 obs
  • Fuzzy-Horned Bumble Bee31 obs
  • American Crow29 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/31870890

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