Looff Carrousel
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Looff Carrousel is an attraction 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 Garbage Goat, a artwork 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 story
The Riverfront Park Carousel, also known as the Looff Carrousel and the Natatorium Carousel, is a carousel in Spokane, Washington built in 1909 by Charles I. D. Looff as a gift for Looff's daughter Emma Vogel and her husband Louis Vogel, who owned Natatorium Park in Spokane. It remained at Natatorium Park until 1968 when the park closed. The carousel was then relocated to its present location at Riverfront Park in 1975 where it continues to operate. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on September 19, 1977.
The Looff still contains its original 1900 Ruth & Sohn band organ, which plays 87 key B.A.B. rolls, although due to deteriorating player rolls, a digitized recording is played during the carousel's operation. The organ was manufactured in Waldkirch, Germany and imported by Looff around 1900. The carousel contains 54 horses, one giraffe, one tiger, one goat and two chariots, all hand carved by Looff himself. It also has a ring dispenser, which allows the outside riders to grab a ring during each pass and then toss the ring at a clown with a hole in his mouth. If the rider is successful in capturing the brass ring, they can turn it in to win a free ride on the carousel.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1909.
Wikidata Q7338193, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
- 9.3 mi off the JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK
- 19.5 mi off the EXTEND SR 27 DESIGNATION JCT SR 274 NORTHERLY TO JCT SR 278 VIC ROCKFORD PER SHB 1024 EFFECTIVE 07-22-11
- 19.5 mi off the JCT SR 27 VIC ROCKFORD EASTERLY TO IDAHO STATE LINE PER SHB 1024 EFFECTIVE 07-22-11
- 24.1 mi off the JCT SR 23 VIC SPRAGUE TO JCT SR 2 VIC REARDEN
Named places within 25 miles
- Tribal Gathering Place: 0.2 mi
- Huntington Park: 0.2 mi
- A Place of Truths Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Glover Field: 0.5 mi
- Fireman’s Park: 0.6 mi
- Beacon Hill: 4.6 mi
- Little Baldy: 5.3 mi
- Browne Mountain: 5.9 mi
- Eagle Peak: 6.4 mi
- Tower Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Garbage Goat: 0.0 mi
- Honored Keepers of the Light: 0.1 mi
- Cagli, Italy Sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Limerick Irish Harp: 0.1 mi
- The Seeking Place: 0.1 mi
- Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 0.1 mi
- Elliot Conservation Futures: 1.6 mi
- Downriver Park: 2.3 mi
- Palisades Park: 2.8 mi
- High Drive Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Michael P Anderson: 0.2 mi
- Historic Chinatown: 0.2 mi
- In Memory of All Law Enforcement Officers: 0.5 mi
- Danil's Ghost Bike: 0.6 mi
- One Spokane Stadium: 0.5 mi
- Spokane Party Trolley: 1.0 mi
- Spokane County Fair & Expo Center: 3.6 mi
- Bowl and Pitcher: 4.4 mi
- Vercler Castle: 8.7 mi
- Connections Garden: 0.1 mi
- Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Lilac Garden: 1.6 mi
- Dahlia Garden: 1.7 mi
- Rose Hill: 1.7 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
- Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Pine Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Pine Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Mobius Discovery Center: 0.2 mi
- Jundt Art Center: 0.7 mi
- Bing Crosby House Museum: 1.0 mi
- Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture: 1.2 mi
- Campbell House: 1.3 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 0.2 mi
- Mystic Falls: 3.0 mi
- Liberty Creek Falls: 18.0 mi
- Post Falls: 22.0 mi
- Goldback Spring: 6.5 mi
- Griffith Spring: 7.4 mi
- Mirabeau Springs: 9.2 mi
- Big Springs: 11.7 mi
- well 2520: 20.4 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 23.3 mi
- Boulder Beach: 5.7 mi
- Mock: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.5 miles of Looff Carrousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kit Carson | NE 36° | 1,600 m | 21.8 mi |
| Mica Peak | E 97° | 1,598 m | 20.3 mi |
| Beauty Mountain | NE 37° | 1,587 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mica Peak | ESE 111° | 1,586 m | 16.9 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | NE 45° | 1,572 m | 22.1 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NE 45° | 1,552 m | 22.4 mi |
| Day Mountain | NE 34° | 1,536 m | 22.5 mi |
| Cable Peak | ESE 102° | 1,501 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:22 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 20:04 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:08 | 16:01 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane Felts FLD, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 77001362OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- National Register of Historic Places — Natatorium Carousel, reference 77001362, listed 09/19/77.
OpenStreetMap element way/461176729
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- Spokane · 1 mi
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