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Welcome to Beacon Hill ...

Beacon Hill is located in King County<1>.

Beacon Hill is 280 feet [85 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Beacon Hill lies in the Pacific Time Zone (PST/PDT) and observes daylight saving time

Communities Also Named Beacon Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are two Washington communities named Beacon Hill: This one is located in King County and the other is located in Cowlitz County.

Beyond Washington, there are 21 communities that are also named Beacon Hill - they are located in Colorado, Delaware, Florida (2), Georgia, Illinois (2), Louisiana, Maryland (2), Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New York, Ohio (2), Saskatchewan, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Beacon Hill.

Communities near Beacon Hill ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Beacon Hill.

  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Kent
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kent
    • Kent is located in King County
    • Population from the 2020 Census: 130,676 people
    • Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Kent <3>
  • Renton
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Federal Way
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the south)
  • Kirkland
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the northeast)
  • Auburn
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Redmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sammamish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Shoreline
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the north)
  • Burien
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Beacon Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Beacon Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Beacon Hill. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Beacon Hill.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Beacon Hill. See our Newspapers Page for Beacon Hill.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Beacon Hill ...

Looking for more information about Beacon Hill? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Beacon Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Beacon Hill.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Washington's counties, including King, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Beacon Hill - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.