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Andrew Rypien Field

Andrew Rypien Field from directly overhead

Andrew Rypien Field is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 615 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Courtland Park, a park 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
615 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Spokane Youth Sports Association
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.68812, -117.37178
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Courtland Park: 0.2 mi
  • Hays Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wildhorse Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kehoe Park: 1.0 mi
  • Logan Peace Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Little Baldy: 2.3 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Dart Hill: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 43
  • iron artwork: 1.1 mi
  • Soaring: 2.5 mi
  • Rooted: 2.5 mi
  • Lyonns Glen: 2.6 mi
  • Expo 74 Butterfly: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Austin Ravine Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Downriver Park: 4.0 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 4.5 mi
  • Holmberg Conservation Area: 4.8 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.7 mi
Museums: 14
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 1.2 mi
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Bing Crosby House Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Jundt Art Center: 2.2 mi
  • River City Modelers: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Post Falls: 19.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Big Springs: 14.5 mi
  • well 2520: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 23.5 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 3.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Andrew Rypien Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 36°1,784 m20.1 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNNE 34°1,600 m19.0 mi
Mica PeakESE 104°1,598 m18.4 mi
Beauty MountainNE 35°1,587 m19.6 mi
Mica PeakESE 120°1,586 m15.7 mi
Quartz MountainNE 45°1,572 m19.1 mi
Bald KnobNE 38°1,557 m19.6 mi
Horse MountainNE 45°1,552 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5220:0420:52
September equinox06:3718:0818:49
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven68 obs
  • American Robin47 obs
  • European Mantis44 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider36 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel31 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse25 obs
  • Leopard Slug24 obs
  • garlic mustard23 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/121270578

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