Skip to content
Byway
Artwork · Washington

Balazs Statue

Balazs Statue from directly overhead

Balazs Statue is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 575 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Balazs Statue (Circle of Friends), a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.78872, -117.32230
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Brighton Place Park: 1.2 mi
  • Winfield Park: 1.2 mi
  • Peone Creek Park: 1.9 mi
  • Fossil Park: 2.8 mi
  • Gleneden Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Dart Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Little Baldy: 5.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Lockhart Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 29
  • The Rewilding project: 0.1 mi
  • Feryn Ranch Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Haynes Estate Conservation Area: 3.0 mi
  • Holmberg Conservation Area: 5.6 mi
  • Austin Ravine Conservation Area: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 27
  • Father Joseph M. Cataldo: 4.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.1 mi
  • Chief Spokane Monument: 8.9 mi
  • Working the Line: 8.9 mi
  • Gordon farm water wheel: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 22
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 16
Museums: 15
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 6.1 mi
  • Bing Crosby House Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Jundt Art Center: 9.3 mi
  • River City Modelers: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Post Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 18.4 mi
Springs: 4
  • Griffith Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Big Springs: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 13.1 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 21.9 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 6.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Balazs Statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 46°1,784 m13.3 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNE 43°1,600 m12.1 mi
Mica PeakSE 126°1,598 m19.3 mi
Beauty MountainNE 45°1,587 m12.8 mi
Mica PeakSE 143°1,586 m18.6 mi
Quartz MountainENE 59°1,572 m13.0 mi
Bald KnobNE 49°1,557 m13.0 mi
Horse MountainENE 59°1,552 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2119:02
June solstice04:5120:0420:52
September equinox06:3718:0818:49
December solstice07:3615:0716:00

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542485763727061493831
Precip in2.01.31.81.51.71.50.70.50.71.52.02.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane Felts FLD, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12396573792

More artworks in Washington

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore artworks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Balazs Statue.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens