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Sign Post

Sign Post from directly overhead

Sign Post is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 569 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Student Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 9.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
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Coordinates47.67935, -117.46365
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Summit Boulevard Parkway: 0.7 mi
  • Audubon Park: 0.9 mi
  • Northwest Boulevard Parkway: 0.9 mi
  • Webster Park: 1.1 mi
  • A.M. Cannon Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Little Baldy: 6.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Lockhart Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Dart Hill: 7.5 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 16
  • Pine Bluff: 6.4 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 6.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 6.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 6.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 6.8 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Chamokane Falls: 22.3 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 5.9 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 8.8 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Big Springs: 12.1 mi
  • well 2520: 18.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 23.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 7.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 42°1,600 m22.1 mi
Mica PeakE 100°1,598 m22.5 mi
Beauty MountainNE 43°1,587 m22.8 mi
Mica PeakESE 112°1,586 m19.2 mi
Quartz MountainNE 51°1,572 m22.7 mi
Bald KnobNE 45°1,557 m22.9 mi
Day MountainNE 40°1,536 m22.7 mi
Cable PeakESE 104°1,501 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2219:03
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/11675727640

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