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Veigh Benchmark, Washington

Prominence: 369 ft, 113 m

Elevation: 390+ feet, 119+ meters

True Isolation: 2.36 mi, 3.79 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 390 - 395 ft (5-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 394 ft / 120 m (Range 394 - 399 ft)
Peak Type	Benchmark/Trig Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	47° 34' 2'' N, 122° 13' 14'' W 47.567133, -122.220417 (Dec Deg) 558638 E 5268485 N, Zone 10 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Washington
County/Second Level Region	King
City/Town	Mercer Island (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Veigh Benchmark": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Mercer Island at ListsOfJohn.com Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Veigh Benchmark: Lake Island High Points (Rank #41) King County, WA City High Points (Rank #33)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 56 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 53) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2009-07-28 by Eric Noel 2011-01-13 by Ryan Courtney 2012-03-10 by Noel Howe 2013-12-11 by Tim Hagan (GPS Track) 2014-10-25 by Andrew Rankine 2016-11-30 by William Musser 2017-07-21 by Blair Edwards (GPS Track) 2019-02-23 by Mike Black (GPS Track) 2020-01-01 by Rich P
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This is the highest point on Mercer Island, an island in Lake Washington just east of Seattle. The high point appears to be a grassy knoll in Rotary Park, just north of some large, low water towers.

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Prominence	Clean Prominence: 369 ft/113 m Optimistic Prominence: 374 ft/114 m Key Col: Lake Washington 21 ft/6 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 2.36 mi/3.79 km Isolation Limit Point: 47.5475, -122.1792 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Somerset Hill (E)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Pacific Ranges Range3: Cascade Range Range4: South Washington Cascades Range5: Alpine Lakes Area Range6: Seattle-Everett Area
Drainage Basins	Lake Washington Puget Sound Strait of Juan de Fuca Pacific Ocean
Island	Mercer Island (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Bellevue South K47122e1 1:25,000
Route #1	Paved Road
Data Source	GPS Reading or LIDAR

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