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Welcome to Capitol Hill ...

Capitol Hill is located in King County<1>.

Capitol Hill is 340 feet [104 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Communities Also Named Capitol Hill ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 7 communities that are also named Capitol Hill - they are located in British Columbia, Georgia, New Jersey, Oklahoma, Oregon, Tennessee and Utah.

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

Communities near Capitol Hill ...

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

  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kent
    (17 miles [27.4 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
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Kirkland
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Redmond
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Sammamish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Shoreline
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
  • Burien
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the south)
  • Bothell
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Edmonds
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the north)

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 Capitol Hill. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Capitol Hill.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Capitol 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 Capitol Hill.

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Capitol Hill ...

Looking for more information about Capitol 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 Capitol Hill, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Capitol 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 Capitol 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.