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Black Sand Beach

Black Sand Beach from directly overhead

Black Sand Beach is a beach in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 399 m. Abercrombie Mountain stands 2,203 m to the east-southeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Moraski Mountain, a peak 2.1 miles away. JCT SPOKANE RIVER BRIDGE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER passes 5.8 miles off.

9,100 tons of sediments containing granulated slag excavated from Black Sand Beach. Slag is industrial waste & contains hazardous substances including zinc, lead, copper, other metals that cannot be removed by normal processing of the materials.

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What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates48.97050, -117.64957

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Moraski Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Mitchell Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Grass Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Stone Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Red Top Mountain: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Lower Sheep Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Upper Sheep Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • PeeWee Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Sweet Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Sweet Creek Falls: 15.2 mi
Parks: 6
  • Deep Lake Public Access: 7.6 mi
  • Sheep Creek Recreation Site: 8.4 mi
  • Metaline Waterfront Park: 14.4 mi
  • Library park: 14.8 mi
  • Ione City Park: 19.1 mi
Historic sites: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 1
Museums: 1
  • Tiger Store: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Black Sand Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Abercrombie MountainESE 109°2,203 m9.1 mi
Hooknose MountainE 100°2,170 m10.2 mi
Sherlock PeakSE 136°1,942 m9.6 mi
Linton MountainSE 127°1,880 m11.8 mi
Baldy MountainSSE 148°1,795 m12.0 mi
Huckleberry MountainSSE 161°1,658 m15.2 mi
Mount RogersSSW 198°1,657 m17.7 mi
Mount SophiaWNW 284°1,586 m11.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2219:04
June solstice04:4720:0920:59
September equinox06:3818:0918:50
December solstice07:4315:0115:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263038465561686859453427
Precip in2.21.31.61.72.12.41.00.61.01.62.22.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Northport, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1329047690

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