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Al’s Cube

Al’s Cube from directly overhead

Al’s Cube is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 568 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Olmstead Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 9.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

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Coordinates47.66087, -117.44536
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Olmstead Park: 0.0 mi
  • Dutch Jakes Park: 0.2 mi
  • Coeur d'Alene Park: 0.5 mi
  • Peaceful Valley Park: 0.5 mi
  • The Nest: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Little Baldy: 6.2 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 7.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 8.3 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 26
  • Milk Bottle: 0.8 mi
  • In Memory of All Law Enforcement Officers: 0.9 mi
  • Spokane Register of Historic Places: 1.1 mi
  • Danil's Ghost Bike: 1.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Pine Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.3 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.3 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Post Falls: 23.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Big Springs: 11.2 mi
  • well 2520: 19.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of Al’s Cube. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 38°1,600 m22.5 mi
Mica PeakE 97°1,598 m21.4 mi
Mica PeakESE 110°1,586 m18.0 mi
Quartz MountainNE 47°1,572 m22.9 mi
Cable PeakESE 102°1,501 m20.9 mi
Shasta ButteE 95°1,470 m20.9 mi
Ragged MountainNE 52°1,451 m23.0 mi
Twin PeaksESE 107°1,429 m22.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:03
June solstice04:5320:0420:52
September equinox06:3718:0918:49
December solstice07:3615:0816:01

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340475662717061483629
Precip in2.01.41.81.31.51.20.40.50.61.42.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4236834600

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