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Riparia

Riparia from directly overhead

Riparia is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Beacon Hill stands 571 m to the northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Texas Rapids Recreation Area, a park 1.1 miles away. 64 named places lie within 25 miles, 7 of them named summits.

human settlement in Washington, United States of America

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Coordinates46.57861, -118.08694

Around it

64 named places within 25 miles

Parks23

Texas Rapids Recreation Area: 1.1 mi
North Shore Recreation Area: 2.4 mi
Little Goose Landing: 3.9 mi
Ayer Boat Basin: 13.5 mi
Port of Garfield Public Boat Launch: 14.0 mi

Nature reserves10

Little Goose Landing Recreation Area: 2.3 mi
Dry Gulch Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
55-Mile Habitat Management Unit: 9.7 mi
New York Island Habitat Management Area: 10.2 mi
New York Bar Habitat Management Unit Recreation Area: 12.4 mi

Springs8

Hammer Spring: 2.4 mi
Evans Spring: 3.1 mi
Goldfish Spring: 3.7 mi
Gildersleeve Spring: 11.5 mi
Bassett Spring: 16.7 mi

Ghost towns7

Canyon: 4.0 mi
Grange City: 4.8 mi
Delaney: 7.2 mi
Alto: 13.3 mi
Pleasant View: 13.4 mi

Peaks7

Magee Hill: 7.3 mi
Beacon Hill: 11.8 mi
Dodge Hill: 13.5 mi
Monumental Rock: 18.1 mi
Black Butte: 19.5 mi

Museums3

Washtucna Historical Museum: 16.1 mi
Bruce Memorial Museum: 21.6 mi
Garfield County Museum: 24.2 mi

Attractions3

#thatnwbus: 16.2 mi
Columbia County Fair Grounds: 18.6 mi
Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 22.1 mi

Waterfalls1

Palouse Falls: 8.7 mi

Rest areas1

Dodge Junction Rest Area: 13.1 mi

Artworks1

Wenaha Gallery: 18.6 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Beacon Hill	NE 38°	571 m	11.8 mi
Wild Horse Hill	E 91°	565 m	21.7 mi
Dodge Hill	ESE 105°	548 m	13.5 mi
Coyote Butte	N 354°	521 m	20.9 mi
Magee Hill	NE 54°	494 m	7.3 mi
Black Butte	NNE 21°	450 m	19.5 mi
Monumental Rock	W 273°	216 m	18.1 mi

Conditions

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Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	06:56	18:25	19:05
June solstice	05:00	20:03	20:50
September equinox	06:40	18:12	18:52
December solstice	07:34	15:17	16:08

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	34	37	43	49	57	63	71	71	62	50	40	34
Precip in	2.1	1.7	2.2	1.9	1.8	1.2	0.4	0.5	0.7	1.5	2.4	2.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayton 1 WSW, 19 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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