Beacon Hill is a hill and neighborhood in southeast Seattle, Washington. The municipal government subdivides it into North Beacon Hill, Mid-Beacon Hill, Holly Park, and South Beacon Hill, though most people who live there simply call it "Beacon Hill."
Like many Seattle neighborhoods it is ethnically and economically intergrated. Home to the world headquarters of Amazon.com and the Seattle Division of the Department of Veterans Affairs' Puget Sound Health Care System. The hill offers views of downtown, the Industrial District, Elliott Bay, First Hill, Rainier Valley, and, when the weather is good, Mount Rainier and the Olympic Mountains. You will find stately turn of the century homes standing next to brick ramblers and split-levels. Jefferson Park contains one of Seattle's most used public golf courses. Several p-patch gardens dot the neighborhood. The new Chief Sealth Trail connects commerce, transit and residential areas on Beacon Hill. The new light rail station will open in the fall for 2009. Median prices: Homes $393,500; Condos $264,000.
