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Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the "Mother of Father's Day"

Sonora Louise Smart Dodd, the "Mother of Father's Day" from directly overhead

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. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 9.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
2010-06-20
Material
granite
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Coordinates47.65097, -117.39512
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • 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
Artworks: 43
Nature reserves: 29
  • 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 sites: 24
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.3 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.4 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Post Falls: 20.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • 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
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 24.9 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 24.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNNE 32°1,600 m21.7 mi
Mica PeakE 96°1,598 m19.0 mi
Beauty MountainNE 34°1,587 m22.3 mi
Mica PeakESE 110°1,586 m15.6 mi
Quartz MountainNE 42°1,572 m21.8 mi
Bald KnobNE 36°1,557 m22.3 mi
Horse MountainNE 42°1,552 m22.0 mi
Cable PeakE 101°1,501 m18.5 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7642756939

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