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Michael P Anderson

Michael P Anderson from directly overhead

Michael P Anderson is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 573 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Moon Crater, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Lake Coeur D'Alene Scenic Byway passes 29 miles off.

What the record says

Material
bronze

How to reach it

Coordinates47.66091, -117.41658

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tribal Gathering Place: 0.3 mi
  • Huntington Park: 0.4 mi
  • A Place of Truths Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Glover Field: 0.7 mi
  • Fireman’s Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Little Baldy: 5.1 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 7.2 mi
Artworks: 41
  • Moon Crater: 0.0 mi
  • Centennial Sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 0.1 mi
  • Garbage Goat: 0.2 mi
  • The Seeking Place: 0.2 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 0.3 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 1.7 mi
  • Downriver Park: 2.4 mi
  • High Drive Conservation Area: 2.8 mi
  • Palisades Park: 2.9 mi
Historic sites: 24
  • Historic Chinatown: 0.1 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 0.1 mi
  • In Memory of All Law Enforcement Officers: 0.6 mi
  • Danil's Ghost Bike: 0.7 mi
  • Milk Bottle: 0.9 mi
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Museums: 13
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Post Falls: 21.8 mi
  • Chamokane Falls: 24.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.1 mi
  • Big Springs: 11.8 mi
  • well 2520: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 5.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Michael P Anderson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE1,600 m21.7 mi
Beauty MountainNE1,587 m22.3 mi
Mica PeakESE1,586 m16.7 mi
Quartz MountainNE1,572 m21.9 mi
Bald KnobNE1,557 m22.4 mi
Horse MountainNE1,552 m22.2 mi
Day MountainNE1,536 m22.4 mi
Cable PeakESE1,501 m19.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5220:0420:52
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 °F323542485763727061493831
Precip in2.01.31.81.51.71.50.70.50.71.52.02.2

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9946250505

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