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Finch Arboritum Visitors Center

Finch Arboritum Visitors Center from directly overhead

Finch Arboritum Visitors Center is a museum in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 605 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is John A. Finch Arboretum, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 11 miles off.

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Coordinates47.64356, -117.46262
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • John A. Finch Arboretum: 0.1 mi
  • Grandview Park: 0.4 mi
  • Whittier Park: 0.4 mi
  • People's Park: 0.9 mi
  • Sterling Heights Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Browne Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Little Baldy: 7.6 mi
  • Needham Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 43
Nature reserves: 29
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 16
  • Pine Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.9 mi
Museums: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Mystic Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Chamokane Falls: 23.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Big Springs: 9.8 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 11.4 mi
  • well 2520: 18.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 22.3 mi
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 8.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Finch Arboritum Visitors Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 38°1,600 m23.9 mi
Mica PeakE 94°1,598 m22.1 mi
Mica PeakESE 105°1,586 m18.4 mi
Cable PeakE 98°1,501 m21.5 mi
Shasta ButteE 91°1,470 m21.6 mi
Twin PeaksESE 103°1,429 m23.2 mi
Round Top MountainNE 47°1,361 m22.9 mi
Blossom MountainE 87°1,334 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2219:03
June solstice04:5320:0420:52
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 °F303340475662717061483629
Precip in2.01.41.81.31.51.20.40.50.61.42.12.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Spokane Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/226113405

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