Thornton Creek
Thornton Creek is 18 miles of urban creeks and tributaries from southeast Shoreline through northeast Seattle to Lake Washington. Its 12-square-mile watershed, the largest in Seattle, exhibits relatively dense biodiversity for an urban setting; it is home to frogs, newts, ducks, herons, and beavers, in addition to more than 75,000 people.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: creek in North Seattle that empties into Lake Washington
- Also known as: “Tu-xu-bid”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Matthews Beach and Seattle Public Library Northeast Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Matthews Beach and Wedgwood.
Matthews Beach
Neighborhood
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Matthews Beach is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington; it and Meadowbrook are the southern neighborhoods of the annexed township of Lake City. Matthews Beach lies about 2 miles northeast of the University of Washington, about 8 miles northeast of Downtown.
Wedgwood
Neighborhood
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Wedgwood is a middle-class residential neighborhood of northeast Seattle, Washington with a modest commercial strip. Wedgwood is located about two miles north, and slightly east, of the University of Washington; it is about six miles northeast of Downtown.
Sand Point
Neighborhood
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Sand Point is a neighborhood in Seattle, Washington, United States, named after and consisting mostly of the Sand Point peninsula that juts into Lake Washington, which is itself largely given over to Magnuson Park.
Thornton Creek
- Category: body of water
- Location: King County, Puget Sound, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Thornton Creek” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Thornton Creek (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Washington, King County)”
- Cebuano: “Thornton Creek”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Matthews Beach Park and Pontiac Bay.
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