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Children's Garden

Children's Garden from directly overhead

Children's Garden is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 611 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Finch Arboritum Visitors Center, a museum 0.1 miles 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
1995
Inscription
In memory of children worldwide who suffer and die without reason. Planted by children who care.
Getting there

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Coordinates47.64267, -117.46276
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John A. Finch Arboretum: 0.1 mi
  • Grandview Park: 0.3 mi
  • Whittier Park: 0.5 mi
  • Sterling Heights Park: 0.9 mi
  • People's Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Browne Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Little Baldy: 7.6 mi
  • Needham Hill: 7.8 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 43
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 25
  • Spokane Register of Historic Places: 1.4 mi
  • Milk Bottle: 1.6 mi
  • Danil's Ghost Bike: 1.9 mi
  • In Memory of All Law Enforcement Officers: 2.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.5 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 16
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Mystic Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Chamokane Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Big Springs: 9.7 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 11.4 mi
  • well 2520: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 8.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Children's Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 38°1,600 m24.0 mi
Mica PeakE 93°1,598 m22.1 mi
Mica PeakESE 105°1,586 m18.4 mi
Cable PeakE 98°1,501 m21.5 mi
Shasta ButteE 91°1,470 m21.6 mi
Twin PeaksESE 103°1,429 m23.2 mi
Round Top MountainNE 47°1,361 m23.0 mi
Blossom MountainE 87°1,334 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2219:03
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4881332200

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