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Chief Garry Park

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Chief Garry Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 587 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 8.0 miles off.

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Coordinates47.67133, -117.37118
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Little Baldy: 3.1 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 43
Nature reserves: 29
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 3.8 mi
  • Hazel's Creek Drainage and Conservation Facility: 3.8 mi
  • Downriver Park: 4.1 mi
  • High Drive Conservation Area: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 10.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.3 mi
Museums: 14
  • River City Modelers: 1.4 mi
  • Bing Crosby House Museum: 1.5 mi
  • Jundt Art Center: 1.7 mi
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 2.3 mi
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Post Falls: 19.6 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Big Springs: 13.5 mi
  • well 2520: 22.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 23.6 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 23.6 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 3.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Chief Garry Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 35°1,784 m21.0 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNNE 32°1,600 m19.9 mi
Mica PeakE 101°1,598 m18.1 mi
Beauty MountainNNE 34°1,587 m20.5 mi
Mica PeakESE 117°1,586 m15.1 mi
Quartz MountainNE 42°1,572 m20.0 mi
Bald KnobNE 36°1,557 m20.6 mi
Horse MountainNE 42°1,552 m20.3 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel315 obs
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot159 obs
  • American Robin158 obs
  • Canada Goose154 obs
  • Mallard86 obs
  • tree-of-heaven85 obs
  • Western Honey Bee82 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee64 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/44505167

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