Toe Jam Hill | |
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![]() Sign on Toe Jam Hill Road, overlooking Puget Sound | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 425 ft (130 m) NAVD 88 [1] |
Prominence | 425 ft (130 m) [1] |
Coordinates | 47°35′03″N122°30′08″W / 47.58417°N 122.50222°W |
Geography | |
Topo map | USGS Bremerton East |
Toe Jam Hill, 425 feet tall, is the high point on Bainbridge Island, Washington and one of the highest points in Kitsap County, Washington. [1] [2] [3]
Its name has several explanations, including that it was named for a local settler with the name Torjam (the explanation given by the local historical society), [4] that it was named for stumbling drunkards, or that existing explanations are "all conjecture". [5] [6]
The hill was once a "villainous" milestone for bicycle riders on the Chilly Hilly season opener sponsored by Seattle's Cascade Bicycle Club, [7] and on the Bainbridge Island Half Marathon, formerly called Toe Jam Hill Half Marathon. [8]
The Bainbridge Island high point's location is reported variously at highpointing websites. Listsofjohn.com gives Gazzam Lake Hill based on USGS topographic maps, which used photographic aerial surveys and stereoplotters. [9] Peakbagger.com gives Toe Jam Hill at 15 feet higher or more, based on newer high-resolution LIDAR maps. [1]
LIDAR surveys in the 1990s also identified a geologic fault, now named the Toe Jam Hill Fault, north of the hill. It may intersect and may be secondary to the Seattle Fault. [10] [11] It was the first fault discovered by laser imagery. [12]
A city park, Nutes Pond Park (also spelled Nute's Pond), was created on Toe Jam Hill in 2011. [13] [14]
Thirty-one acres of woods and wetland at the top of Toe Jam Hill ...