Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the "Mother of Father's Day"
Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the "Mother of Father's Day" is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 606 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Liberty Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Lake Coeur D'Alene Scenic Byway passes 28 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2010-06-20
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
- 28.1 mi off the Lake Coeur D'Alene Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Liberty Park: 0.2 mi
- Grant Park: 0.4 mi
- Harry Altmeyer Park: 0.7 mi
- Cowley Park: 0.8 mi
- Edwidge Woldson Park: 1.1 mi
- Beacon Hill: 4.1 mi
- Browne Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Little Baldy: 4.9 mi
- Eagle Peak: 5.1 mi
- Tower Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Rooted: 0.6 mi
- Soaring: 0.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 1.1 mi
- Lovebirds: 1.1 mi
- Moon Crater: 1.3 mi
- Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 1.5 mi
- Elliot Conservation Futures: 2.1 mi
- High Drive Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Hazel's Creek Drainage and Conservation Facility: 2.8 mi
- Westwood Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Historic Chinatown: 1.1 mi
- Washington Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Michael P Anderson: 1.2 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Danil's Ghost Bike: 1.4 mi
- Spokane Party Trolley: 0.4 mi
- Looff Carrousel: 1.3 mi
- One Spokane Stadium: 1.6 mi
- Spokane County Fair & Expo Center: 2.6 mi
- Bowl and Pitcher: 5.7 mi
- Moore-Turner Heritage Gardens: 1.2 mi
- Lilac Garden: 1.3 mi
- Ferris Garden: 1.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 1.3 mi
- Rose Hill: 1.3 mi
- River City Modelers: 0.4 mi
- Jundt Art Center: 1.2 mi
- Bing Crosby House Museum: 1.3 mi
- Mobius Discovery Center: 1.5 mi
- Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture: 2.4 mi
- Pine Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Green Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Keeple Lake Overlook Cliff: 15.6 mi
- Orchard Bluff: 17.4 mi
- West Point: 18.9 mi
- Goldback Spring: 5.3 mi
- Mirabeau Springs: 8.2 mi
- Griffith Spring: 8.4 mi
- Big Springs: 11.7 mi
- well 2520: 21.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 1.5 mi
- Mystic Falls: 4.1 mi
- Liberty Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
- Post Falls: 20.9 mi
- Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
- Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
- Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 24.9 mi
- Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 24.9 mi
- Boulder Beach: 5.0 mi
- Mock: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the "Mother of Father's Day". Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Kit Carson | NNE 32° | 1,600 m | 21.7 mi |
| Beauty Mountain | NE 34° | 1,587 m | 22.3 mi |
| Mica Peak | ESE 110° | 1,586 m | 15.6 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | NE 42° | 1,572 m | 21.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | NE 36° | 1,557 m | 22.3 mi |
| Horse Mountain | NE 42° | 1,552 m | 22.0 mi |
| Day Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,536 m | 22.4 mi |
| Cable Peak | E 101° | 1,501 m | 18.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:22 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 04:52 | 20:04 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:08 | 16:01 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 42 | 48 | 57 | 63 | 72 | 70 | 61 | 49 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 2.0 | 1.3 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane Felts FLD, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/7642756939
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- Spokane · 2 mi
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