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Dawn Mill Uranium Processing Plant Site

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Dawn Mill Uranium Processing Plant Site from directly overhead

Dawn Mill Uranium Processing Plant Site is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 546 m. Stensgar Mountain stands 1,771 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. JCT SR 23 VIC SPRAGUE TO JCT SR 2 VIC REARDEN passes 18 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
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Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates47.90773, -117.80586
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Happy Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Becks Hill: 3.2 mi
  • McMillan Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Godfrey: 3.8 mi
  • Scoop Mountain: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Lucky Duck Pond: 10.8 mi
  • Suncrest Park: 11.2 mi
  • Sontag Park: 14.8 mi
  • Earl D. Mix Park: 15.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 15.5 mi
Artworks: 30
  • Totem Pole: 20.8 mi
  • Land Acknowledgement Monument: 20.9 mi
  • Sign Post: 22.4 mi
  • Lyonns Glen: 22.8 mi
  • Mysterious Bicycle: 23.8 mi
Historic sites: 18
Nature reserves: 16
Cliffs: 14
  • The Cove: 6.0 mi
  • West Point: 6.9 mi
  • West Point: 7.0 mi
  • West Point: 7.3 mi
  • West Point: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 12
Museums: 11
Gardens: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Chamokane Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Exley Falls: 23.2 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 23.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 24.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • well 2520: 15.4 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Jackson Spring: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Cfanatic Beach: 13.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Dawn Mill Uranium Processing Plant Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stensgar MountainNNW 336°1,771 m20.7 mi
Huckleberry MountainNNW 339°1,771 m22.4 mi
Adams MountainNW 314°1,422 m18.3 mi
Lane MountainN 351°1,389 m18.3 mi
Blue MountainNW 307°1,275 m12.3 mi
Bald MountainNNE 31°1,268 m19.4 mi
Boundary ButteWNW 292°1,228 m17.0 mi
Blue Grouse MountainNE 46°1,209 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5518:2319:04
June solstice04:5320:0620:55
September equinox06:3918:1018:51
December solstice07:3915:0816:02

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139455459686758453427
Precip in2.01.41.81.51.61.40.50.40.61.52.22.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane WFO, 18 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1328141910

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