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Wa-Pai-Shone

Wa-Pai-Shone from directly overhead

Wa-Pai-Shone is an artwork in Nevada, at a modelled elevation of 1,379 m. Mount Rose stands 3,285 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Sensory Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Rose Highway passes 9.1 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Height
17'
Material
wood
Inscription
Wa-Pai-Shone a tribute to the washoe, paiute and shoshone of nevada the 53rd whispering giant by sculptor peter wolf toff june 8, 1986
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Coordinates39.52148, -119.83334

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Idlewild Park: 0.1 mi
  • Truckee River Greenbelt: 0.4 mi
  • McKinley Park: 0.5 mi
  • Newlands Park: 0.5 mi
  • Riverside Drive Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
  • Art Indeed!: 0.7 mi
  • Sierra Memorial Art Space: 0.7 mi
  • Portal of Evolution: 0.8 mi
  • Locomotion: 1.1 mi
  • Space Whale: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Cross Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Rattlesnake Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Huffaker Hills: 6.0 mi
  • Peavine Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Peavine Peak: 7.0 mi
Gardens: 34
  • Sensory Garden: 0.0 mi
  • The Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Jimmy's Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Honor Court: 1.5 mi
Museums: 30
Historic sites: 25
  • Sergeant George D. Sullivan Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Distinguised Nevadans Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • Frank Zenklusen Memorial: 1.5 mi
  • F. Donald Tibbetts Memorial Plaza: 1.6 mi
  • The Basque Sheepherder Monument: 2.3 mi
Attractions: 19
Nature reserves: 18
Springs: 17
  • Cold Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Juniper Ridge Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Mud Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Horse Spring: 18.7 mi
Beaches: 11
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 5
Picnic sites: 2
  • Donner Camp Picnic Site: 21.1 mi
  • Gazebo: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Jumbo Falls: 15.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Wa-Pai-Shone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount RoseSSW 200°3,285 m13.1 mi
Church PeakSSW 202°3,235 m12.7 mi
Mount HoughtonSSW 204°3,195 m14.1 mi
Relay PeakSSW 203°3,135 m15.5 mi
Snowflower MountainSSW 210°3,115 m11.1 mi
Tamarack PeakSSW 199°3,012 m14.8 mi
Slide MountainS 191°2,936 m14.7 mi
Rose Knob PeakSSW 203°2,932 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3619:12
June solstice05:3319:5020:31
September equinox06:4818:2318:58
December solstice07:1715:5716:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374147526069777567554436
Precip in1.31.00.80.40.60.40.20.20.20.50.61.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Reno AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11666108878

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