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The Slide

The Slide, seen from above at true elevation

The Slide is a cliff in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 428 m. Stensgar Mountain stands 1,771 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mitchell Point, a cliff 1.1 miles away. JCT SPOKANE RIVER BRIDGE TO THE CANADIAN BORDER passes 5.2 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 53 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
428 m

How to reach it

Coordinates48.05349, -118.35722

69 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 53
  • Miller Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Castle Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Middle Mountain: 6.5 mi
  • Mitre Rock: 6.6 mi
  • Troger: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
Parks: 3
  • Hunters Day Use Area: 7.7 mi
  • 7 Bays Park: 14.0 mi
  • Bryant Park: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
Rest areas: 2
Springs: 1
  • Jackson Spring: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stensgar MountainENE 62°1,771 m19.1 mi
Huckleberry MountainENE 58°1,771 m20.6 mi
Lynx MountainN 352°1,711 m22.5 mi
Bitterfoot MountainN 354°1,696 m22.4 mi
Carson MountainN 355°1,505 m19.8 mi
Keller ButteW 272°1,465 m20.3 mi
Johns MountainNNW 345°1,459 m23.1 mi
Cody ButteNW 325°1,442 m24.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5718:2519:06
June solstice04:5420:0920:58
September equinox06:4118:1218:53
December solstice07:4215:0916:03

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F263038445359686758453426
Precip in1.60.91.30.91.20.90.60.30.41.01.61.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilbur, 26 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/356541395

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