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Carl Harvey Gravesite

Carl Harvey Gravesite from directly overhead

Carl Harvey Gravesite is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 823 m. Snowy Top stands 2,248 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Timber Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. JCT SR 20 VIC TIGER TO THE CANADIAN BORDER passes 0.5 miles off.

What the record says

Material
wood
Inscription
Nineteenth-century gold seekers were the first non-Indians to settle along the Pend Oreille River. While most of the prospectors departed as anonymously as they came, a few stayed to take up homesteads. One became a beloved fixture in the community.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates48.98885, -117.32300

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Timber Hill: 0.5 mi
  • Contact Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Forest Mountain: 0.8 mi
  • Dolomite Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Slumber Peak: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • PeeWee Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Elk Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Sweet Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • Sweet Creek Falls: 11.9 mi
  • American Falls: 17.4 mi
Parks: 6
  • Library park: 9.1 mi
  • Metaline Waterfront Park: 9.8 mi
  • Deep Lake Public Access: 15.2 mi
  • Cardinal Basins Recreation Site: 16.1 mi
  • Ione City Park: 17.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Museums: 1
  • Tiger Store: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Carl Harvey Gravesite. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snowy TopE 89°2,248 m15.3 mi
Gypsy PeakESE 111°2,226 m8.3 mi
The CragsENE 72°2,208 m14.8 mi
Abercrombie MountainSW 236°2,203 m7.5 mi
Hooknose MountainWSW 237°2,170 m5.7 mi
Little Snowy TopE 94°2,080 m14.5 mi
Mount IreneENE 75°2,064 m17.1 mi
Shedroof MountainESE 107°2,060 m13.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2019:02
June solstice04:4620:0820:58
September equinox06:3718:0718:49
December solstice07:4114:5915:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273037455460686758453427
Precip in3.12.02.42.22.63.21.40.81.32.43.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boundary DAM, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/12189352210

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