Rainier Valley
Rainier Valley is a neighborhood in southeastern Seattle, Washington. It is located north of Rainier Beach, south of the Central District, east of Beacon Hill, and west of Mount Baker, Seward Park, and Leschi. It is part of Seattle's South End.- Type: Suburb
- Description: human settlement in Washington, United States of America
- Also known as: “Rainier Valley, Seattle”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Columbia City station and Columbia Park.
Columbia City station
Railway station
Photo: Seattledude, Public domain.
Columbia City station is a light rail station located in Seattle, Washington. It is situated between the Othello and Mount Baker stations on the 1 Line, which runs from Seattle–Tacoma International Airport to Downtown Seattle and the University of Washington as part of the Link light rail system.
Columbia Park
Park
Photo: Jmabel, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Columbia Park is a public park in the Columbia City neighborhood of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington. Annexed to the city in 1907, the park is adjacent to the Columbia Branch of the Seattle Public Library.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Columbia City and NewHolly.
Columbia City
Neighborhood
Photo: Mattgrundy, CC BY 3.0.
Columbia City is a neighborhood in southeastern Seattle, Washington, within the city's Rainier Valley district. It has a landmark-protected historic business district and is one of the few Seattle neighborhoods with a long history of ethnic and income diversity.
NewHolly
Neighborhood
NewHolly is a neighborhood in southeastern Seattle, Washington, United States. It is part of Seattle's South End. Holly Park was built in the 1940s to house defense workers and veterans, but in the 1950s, it was converted into public housing under the aegis of the Seattle Housing Authority.
South Seattle
Photo: Lumpytrout, CC BY-SA 3.0.
South Seattle is a broad swath of the city between I-5 to the west and Lake Washington to the east. It is the most ethnically diverse part of not only Seattle, but arguably of the entire United States: the area served by the 98188 ZIP Code, roughly the eastern half of this district, consistently ranks among the country's most diverse postal codes.
Rainier Valley
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: City of Seattle, King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
47.55254° or 47° 33′ 9″ northLongitude
-122.29089° or 122° 17′ 27″ westElevation
141 feet (43 metres)Open location code
84VVHP35+2JOpenStreetMap ID
node 150959549OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburb
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Satellite Map
Discover Rainier Valley from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to French—“Rainier Valley” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “وادي رينييه (سياتل)”
- Arabic: “وادي رينييه”
- Chinese: “雷尼尔”
- Chinese: “雷尼尔谷”
- Chinese: “雷尼爾”
- Chinese: “雷尼爾谷”
- Dutch: “Rainier Valley”
- French: “Rainier Valley”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Rainier Vista and Columbia City.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Abu-Bakr Mosque and Ming Ya Buddhist Foundation of Seattle.
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