Tower Hill

Bing maps satellite view

https://www.bing.com/maps?osid=69d7f8b7-6bf6-4ea0-98dc-12107be3028b&cp=47.818137~-121.943197&lvl=17.727118&style=h&pi=0&v=2&sV=2&form=S00027

TODO

Create a video of Tower Hill (any type of video, e.g., history, geology, rockhounding results, etc.). As of August 2024 there isn’t a lot of information about this location. The site is a nice walk with an excellent view and worth visiting.

alternate name

Lake Frontal Road

approximate address of gate

21685 Lake Fontal Rd, Monroe, WA 98272

gate

Gate at trail to Tower Hill

investigate (unsorted)

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Duvall,+King,+Washington/47.801899,-121.940787/47.811627,-121.941891/47.818054,-121.941848/@47.7879417,-122.0334479,16775m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0x54900ac5c8d571df:0xc73986cc56f4c3fc!2m2!1d-121.9856781!2d47.7423218!1m1!4e1!1m1!4e1!1m1!4e1!3e0?hl=en

minerals

Minerals of the Tower Hill Quarries, Snohomish County, Washington, USA (washingtonminerals.com) Mount Persis Andesite - Tertiary. Hydrothermally altered andesite, varying in color from gray (less altered) to yellow, red and brown where heavily altered. Voids created by faulting and brecciation have been partially/completely filled by hydrothermal mineralization.

random

James Buchanan Jr. was born into a Scottish-Irish family on April 23, 1791, in a log cabin on a farm called Stony Batter, near Cove Gap, Peters Township, in the Allegheny Mountains of southern Pennsylvania.

rockhounding

Helpful notes to newcomers: there is no water, so it is a good idea to bring your own to wash off the rocks…if the gate is open I would suggest bringing a bucket of water with you. the dirt is a sticky red mud. bring shovels too.

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warning

limited parking

YouTube

Tower Hill Agate Rockhounding Monroe Washington (youtube.com) #towerhill #towerhillagate #melanophlogite