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The Joy of Running Together

The Joy of Running Together from directly overhead

The Joy of Running Together is an artwork in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 572 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Tribal Gathering Place, 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 9.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1985
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.66024, -117.42336
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tribal Gathering Place: 0.0 mi
  • Huntington Park: 0.1 mi
  • A Place of Truths Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Glover Field: 0.4 mi
  • Fireman’s Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 4.8 mi
  • Little Baldy: 5.4 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 7.4 mi
Artworks: 42
  • Cagli, Italy Sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • Honored Keepers of the Light: 0.1 mi
  • Limerick Irish Harp: 0.1 mi
  • Stepwell: 0.1 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 0.2 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 1.5 mi
  • Downriver Park: 2.2 mi
  • Palisades Park: 2.6 mi
  • High Drive Conservation Area: 2.7 mi
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.0 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Post Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 7.4 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.4 mi
  • Big Springs: 11.6 mi
  • well 2520: 20.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.7 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of The Joy of Running Together. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 36°1,600 m21.9 mi
Mica PeakE 97°1,598 m20.4 mi
Beauty MountainNE 38°1,587 m22.6 mi
Mica PeakESE 111°1,586 m17.0 mi
Quartz MountainNE 45°1,572 m22.2 mi
Horse MountainNE 46°1,552 m22.5 mi
Cable PeakESE 102°1,501 m19.9 mi
Shasta ButteE 95°1,470 m19.9 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/4567182216

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