Cherry Hill resides to the east and south of Capitol Hill, equivalent to behind and to the right in this view. View of Capitol Hill and Cherry Hill neighborhoods, looking east along Union Street. Despite the fact that Cherry Hill and Capitol Hill designate adjacent regions of a single ridge, they are considered by Seattle historian Walt Crowley as two of the Seven Hills of Seattle. The highest point of elevation in Cherry Hill is 420 feet above sea level at the broadcast towers on East Madison Street. The neighborhood of Capitol Hill resides on the northern two-thirds of this ridge, while Cherry Hill resides on the southern third, with East Madison Street serving as the boundary between the two. Cherry Hill was previously called Second Hill or Renton Hill.Ĭherry Hill is located on a north-south ridge situated east of the Seattle downtown area and First Hill, roughly equidistant between Puget Sound and Lake Washington. In the Seattle City Clerk's Geographic Indexing Atlas, Cherry Hill is designated as the Minor neighborhood of the Central Area. Cherry Hill overlaps considerably with the neighborhood of Squire Park as defined by the Squire Park Neighborhood Council. Cherry Hill is bound on the west by 14th Avenue, on the east by 23rd Avenue, on the north by East Madison Street and on the south by East Yesler Way. 1909 Seattle map with the area currently known as Cherry Hill designated as Renton Hill.Ĭherry Hill is a predominantly residential area in Seattle, Washington located south of Capitol Hill within the Central District, north of the International District, and east of First Hill.

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