Seven hills of Seattle

The term seven hills of Seattle refers unofficially to the hills the U.S. city was built on and around, though there is no consensus on exactly which hills it refers to. The term has been used to refer to several other cities, most notably Rome and Constantinople.

The seven hills

Walt Crowley considered the main candidates for the seven hills to be:

First Hill, nicknamed "Pill Hill" because of the many hospitals and medical clinics located there
Yesler Hill – currently Yesler Terrace
Cherry Hill – located to the east of First Hill
Denny Hill – regraded, now called the Denny Regrade
Capitol Hill
Queen Anne Hill
Beacon Hill

The hills above were associated with seven boulders in the City of Seattle's Seven Hills Park.
Other hills people sometimes consider among the "seven hills of Seattle" include:

West Seattle – originally incorporated as a separate city, and not annexed by Seattle until 1907
Magnolia
Graham Hill
Crown Hill – not annexed until 1954
Mount Baker

Geology

Seattle's topography is due largely to Pleistocene ice age glaciation. Nearly all of the city's seven hills are characterized as drumlins or drift uplands.

"Seven Hills of Seattle" annual walk

The Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association sponsors an annual "Seven Hills of Seattle" walk. Seattle's sister city, Bergen, Norway, is known as the City of Seven Mountains.