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Missile Silo Park

Missile Silo Park from directly overhead

Missile Silo Park is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 677 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Atlas Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Site (former), a historic site 0.2 miles away. SR 2 JCT TO SR 20 JCT BY USK passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Deer Park
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.97721, -117.40663
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Country Club Park: 2.4 mi
  • Fred Erickson 6th Street Arboretum: 2.6 mi
  • Arcadia Park: 3.1 mi
  • Eloika Public Access Area: 3.4 mi
  • Perrins Field: 3.5 mi
Peaks
  • Milan Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Layton Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Pease Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Blue Grouse Mountain: 9.6 mi
  • Loon Lake Mountain: 9.7 mi
Artworks: 41
Nature reserves: 23
Historic sites: 21
Gardens: 16
Cliffs: 15
Museums: 14
  • Loon Lake Historical Society: 12.0 mi
  • Spokane House Interpretive Center: 14.6 mi
  • Margie Woods Cultural Center: 16.5 mi
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 18.9 mi
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 8
Waterfalls: 5
  • Exley Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Upper Falls: 21.7 mi
  • Chamokane Falls: 22.3 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
Springs: 3
  • Griffith Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 22.1 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 23.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Missile Silo Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneESE 106°1,784 m14.1 mi
Boyer MountainN 355°1,602 m15.1 mi
Mount Kit CarsonESE 109°1,600 m12.9 mi
Beauty MountainESE 107°1,587 m13.6 mi
Little Chewelah PeakNNW 343°1,585 m19.9 mi
Quartz MountainESE 113°1,572 m16.3 mi
Bald KnobESE 108°1,557 m14.3 mi
Nelson PeakNNW 340°1,553 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5120:0520:53
September equinox06:3718:0818:49
December solstice07:3715:0616:00

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038455359666657453427
Precip in2.91.62.31.91.91.90.60.70.82.02.83.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Deer Park AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/904350065

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