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Footsteps to the Future

Footsteps to the Future from directly overhead

Footsteps to the Future is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 565 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Huntington Park, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 9.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2009
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Coordinates47.66210, -117.42634
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Huntington Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tribal Gathering Place: 0.1 mi
  • A Place of Truths Plaza: 0.2 mi
  • The Nest: 0.3 mi
  • Glover Field: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Little Baldy: 5.4 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 7.6 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Pine Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Post Falls: 22.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Big Springs: 11.6 mi
  • well 2520: 20.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 5.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Footsteps to the Future. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 37°1,600 m21.9 mi
Mica PeakE 98°1,598 m20.6 mi
Beauty MountainNE 38°1,587 m22.5 mi
Mica PeakESE 111°1,586 m17.2 mi
Quartz MountainNE 46°1,572 m22.2 mi
Horse MountainNE 46°1,552 m22.5 mi
Cable PeakESE 102°1,501 m20.1 mi
Shasta ButteE 95°1,470 m20.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5220:0420:52
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 °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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4567182213

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