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Clark Playfield

Clark Playfield from directly overhead

Clark Playfield is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 621 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Byrne Park, a park 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 7.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
621 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates47.69443, -117.41263
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Little Baldy: 3.9 mi
  • Dart Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Lockhart Hill: 6.7 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Lyonns Glen: 1.7 mi
  • Expo 74 Butterfly: 2.0 mi
  • Mountain Sheep: 2.2 mi
  • The Seeking Place: 2.3 mi
  • Stepwell: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Downriver Park: 2.3 mi
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 2.3 mi
  • Austin Ravine Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Wyakin Park: 3.4 mi
  • Holmberg Conservation Area: 3.7 mi
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.8 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.8 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Post Falls: 21.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Big Springs: 13.9 mi
  • well 2520: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 20.6 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 4.8 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Clark Playfield. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 41°1,784 m20.9 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNE 39°1,600 m19.7 mi
Mica PeakESE 104°1,598 m20.4 mi
Beauty MountainNE 41°1,587 m20.4 mi
Mica PeakESE 118°1,586 m17.5 mi
Quartz MountainNE 49°1,572 m20.2 mi
Bald KnobNE 43°1,557 m20.5 mi
Horse MountainNE 49°1,552 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5220:0420:52
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 °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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel90 obs
  • tree-of-heaven63 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider54 obs
  • European Mantis53 obs
  • American Robin43 obs
  • Western Honey Bee32 obs
  • Hunt's Bumble Bee31 obs
  • Brown Marmorated Stink Bug26 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/42263713

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