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Orchard Bluff

Orchard Bluff, seen from above at true elevation

Orchard Bluff is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 739 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bear Lake Regional Park, a park 4.5 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 5.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
739 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.88878, -117.26994
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bear Lake Regional Park: 4.5 mi
  • Brighton Place Park: 6.7 mi
  • Winfield Park: 6.9 mi
  • Bidwell Park: 7.5 mi
  • Gleneden Park: 8.6 mi
Peaks
  • Milan Hill: 5.1 mi
  • Layton Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Mount Kit Carson: 6.1 mi
  • Day Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Beauty Mountain: 7.0 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 28
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 18
Museums: 17
Cliffs: 15
Waterfalls: 6
  • Exley Falls: 16.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 17.1 mi
  • Post Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 19.3 mi
Springs: 3
  • Griffith Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 16.7 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 22.4 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Orchard Bluff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneENE 73°1,784 m7.6 mi
Mount Kit CarsonENE 72°1,600 m6.1 mi
Beauty MountainENE 73°1,587 m7.0 mi
Quartz MountainE 92°1,572 m8.7 mi
Bald KnobENE 77°1,557 m7.5 mi
Horse MountainE 91°1,552 m9.0 mi
Hoodoo MountainNE 48°1,552 m19.7 mi
Day MountainENE 64°1,536 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2119:02
June solstice04:5120:0420:53
September equinox06:3718:0818:49
December solstice07:3615:0615:59

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038455359666657453427
Precip in2.91.62.31.91.91.90.60.70.82.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deer Park AP, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356540782

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