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It's Mine: Coast Salish Story Pole

It's Mine: Coast Salish Story Pole from directly overhead

It's Mine: Coast Salish Story Pole is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Slide Mountain stands 1,491 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Northern Lights Park, a park 0.8 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC BELLINGHAM TO AUSTIN PASS VIC MT BAKER passes 3.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2016-03-11
Material
wood
Inscription
It's Mine: Coast Salish Story Pole by Felix Solomon Of Chulh Tse X'epy (Tradition of Cedar) Studio "It's Mine tells the story of how and why we Coast Salish Lummi people are having such a tough time putting salmon on our tables."
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates48.79561, -122.53286

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Northern Lights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lockwood Open Space: 1.1 mi
  • Storybrook Park: 1.4 mi
  • Julianna Park: 1.6 mi
  • Cordata Park: 1.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites: 43
Beaches: 23
  • Squalicum Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Cornwall Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Public Access Beach: 7.1 mi
  • dogfish beach: 12.1 mi
  • Dogfish beach south: 12.2 mi
Museums: 21
Cliffs: 13
Gardens: 12
Waterfalls: 11
Attractions: 10
  • I-5 Sloth "Slothy": 8.0 mi
  • Dan Cramer's Western Town: 9.2 mi
  • Samson Estates Winery: 10.3 mi
  • Stoney Ridge Farm: 10.5 mi
  • School Area: 17.7 mi
Picnic sites: 8
  • Group Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
  • 6: 15.4 mi
  • 5: 15.4 mi
  • 4: 15.4 mi
  • 3: 15.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 16.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of It's Mine: Coast Salish Story Pole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainENE 78°1,491 m24.0 mi
Lyman HillSE 129°1,311 m22.0 mi
Stewart PeakE 92°1,299 m24.0 mi
Sumas MountainENE 60°1,041 m16.2 mi
Bowman MountainE 97°1,019 m21.1 mi
Bigfoot HillE 97°943 m11.9 mi
Stewart MountainESE 102°941 m12.3 mi
Bigfoot Hill Northeast PeakE 94°940 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4119:23
June solstice05:0820:2821:18
September equinox06:5718:2819:10
December solstice08:0115:2116:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245505660646459514540
Precip in4.52.93.42.82.21.60.91.12.03.85.24.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellingham Intl AP, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13533116958

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