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Welcome to Yesler Terrace ...

Yesler Terrace is located in King County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Yesler Terrace: Yesler Ter. (or less commonly used: Yesler Terr.)

Yesler Terrace is 190 feet [58 m] above sea level.<2>.

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

Area Codes for Yesler Terrace: 206 & 564<3>

Communities near Yesler Terrace ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Yesler Terrace.

  • Bellevue
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
  • Kent
    (15 miles [24.1 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 <4>
  • Renton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the southeast)
  • Federal Way
    (19 miles [30.6 km] to the south)
  • Kirkland
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
  • Redmond
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
  • Sammamish
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the east)
  • Shoreline
    (10 miles [16.1 km] to the north)
  • Burien
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the south)
  • Bothell
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)

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

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

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

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Yesler Terrace ...

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

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 Yesler Terrace - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 206 code has been Overlayed with the 564 area code. New phone numbers in the Yesler Terrace area will be assigned with one of these codes: 206 or 564. As a result, placing a call in the Yesler Terrace area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.