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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. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 9.2 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.66091, -117.41658
Around it

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: 43
  • 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: 25
  • 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
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.2 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 0.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 0.4 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Post Falls: 21.8 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
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Michael P Anderson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 36°1,600 m21.7 mi
Mica PeakE 97°1,598 m20.1 mi
Beauty MountainNE 37°1,587 m22.3 mi
Mica PeakESE 111°1,586 m16.7 mi
Quartz MountainNE 45°1,572 m21.9 mi
Bald KnobNE 39°1,557 m22.4 mi
Horse MountainNE 45°1,552 m22.2 mi
Day MountainNE 34°1,536 m22.4 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9946250505

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