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Nishinomiya-Tsutakawa Japanese Gardens

Nishinomiya-Tsutakawa Japanese Gardens from directly overhead

Nishinomiya-Tsutakawa Japanese Gardens is a garden in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 683 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fosseen Lantern, 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 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1974
Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.63603, -117.41608
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Browne Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Little Baldy: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Fosseen Lantern: 0.0 mi
  • Tsutakawa Pagoda: 0.0 mi
  • Cannon Hill Lily: 0.3 mi
  • Lovebirds: 0.3 mi
  • Local Sculptures: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 1.0 mi
  • High Drive Conservation Area: 1.1 mi
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 1.8 mi
  • Westwood Natural Area: 2.0 mi
  • Trolley Trail Conservation Land: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 17
  • Dahlia Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Lilac Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Rose Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Ferris Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.2 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.3 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.5 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Post Falls: 22.1 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Big Springs: 10.3 mi
  • well 2520: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 6.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Nishinomiya-Tsutakawa Japanese Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNNE 33°1,600 m23.1 mi
Mica PeakE 93°1,598 m19.9 mi
Mica PeakESE 105°1,586 m16.2 mi
Quartz MountainNE 42°1,572 m23.2 mi
Cable PeakE 98°1,501 m19.3 mi
Shasta ButteE 90°1,470 m19.5 mi
Ragged MountainNE 47°1,468 m23.1 mi
Ragged MountainNE 46°1,451 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5320:0420:52
September equinox06:3718:0918:49
December solstice07:3615:0816:01

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303340475662717061483629
Precip in2.01.41.81.31.51.20.40.50.61.42.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard263 obs
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot195 obs
  • Canada Goose170 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot113 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel109 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine88 obs
  • Wild Turkey85 obs
  • Song Sparrow80 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/41124305

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