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Rimrock Conservation Area

Rimrock Conservation Area from directly overhead

Rimrock Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 671 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Palisades Park, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 11 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
City of Spokane Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates47.65586, -117.48534
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Whittier Park: 1.1 mi
  • People's Park: 1.3 mi
  • John A. Finch Arboretum: 1.4 mi
  • Grandview Park: 1.7 mi
  • Summit Boulevard Parkway: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Little Baldy: 8.0 mi
  • Needham Hill: 8.0 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 8.8 mi
Artworks: 42
Nature reserves: 28
  • Palisades Park: 0.3 mi
  • Romine Conservation Area: 2.0 mi
  • Trolley Trail Conservation Land: 2.1 mi
  • Downriver Park: 2.2 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 2.5 mi
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 17
Cliffs: 16
  • Pine Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.3 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.6 mi
Museums: 12
Waterfalls: 5
  • Mystic Falls: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 20.9 mi
  • Chamokane Falls: 22.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Big Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 12.3 mi
  • well 2520: 17.5 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 8.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.5 miles of Rimrock Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 41°1,600 m24.0 mi
Mica PeakE 96°1,598 m23.3 mi
Mica PeakESE 107°1,586 m19.6 mi
Quartz MountainNE 50°1,572 m24.5 mi
Cable PeakE 100°1,501 m22.7 mi
Shasta ButteE 94°1,470 m22.7 mi
Twin PeaksESE 105°1,429 m24.5 mi
Round Top MountainNE 50°1,361 m23.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5418:2219:03
June solstice04:5320:0420:52
September equinox06:3718:0918:50
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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/435373847

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