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Cowley Park

Cowley Park from directly overhead

Cowley Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 603 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Edwidge Woldson Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 9.9 miles off.

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Coordinates47.64991, -117.41164
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Edwidge Woldson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cliff Park: 0.5 mi
  • Grant Park: 0.9 mi
  • Tribal Gathering Place: 0.9 mi
  • A Place of Truths Plaza: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Browne Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Little Baldy: 5.5 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 43
Nature reserves: 29
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 1.4 mi
  • High Drive Conservation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Westwood Natural Area: 2.8 mi
  • Trolley Trail Conservation Land: 3.1 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.8 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.9 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.5 mi
  • Post Falls: 21.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Big Springs: 11.2 mi
  • well 2520: 20.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 5.7 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Cowley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNE 34°1,600 m22.2 mi
Mica PeakE 95°1,598 m19.8 mi
Mica PeakESE 109°1,586 m16.3 mi
Quartz MountainNE 43°1,572 m22.3 mi
Horse MountainNE 43°1,552 m22.6 mi
Cable PeakE 100°1,501 m19.2 mi
Shasta ButteE 93°1,470 m19.3 mi
Ragged MountainNE 48°1,468 m22.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:02
June solstice04:5220:0420:52
September equinox06:3718:0918:49
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel402 obs
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot373 obs
  • Mallard355 obs
  • Canada Goose336 obs
  • American Robin198 obs
  • Oregon grape145 obs
  • Western Honey Bee129 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine96 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/399588846

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