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Harmon-Shipley Park

Harmon-Shipley Park from directly overhead

Harmon-Shipley Park is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 620 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hillyard Aquatics Center, a park 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 5.1 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
620 m

How to reach it

Coordinates47.71320, -117.36662

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hillyard Aquatics Center: 0.2 mi
  • James J. Hill Park: 0.4 mi
  • Morgan Acres Park: 0.7 mi
  • Kehoe Park: 0.7 mi
  • Rochester Heights Park: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Little Baldy: 1.7 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Dart Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 6.3 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Lyonns Glen: 1.7 mi
  • iron artwork: 2.7 mi
  • Land Acknowledgement Monument: 3.6 mi
  • Totem Pole: 3.8 mi
  • Soaring: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Austin Ravine Conservation Area: 3.4 mi
  • Holmberg Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 4.4 mi
  • Downriver Park: 4.8 mi
  • Wyakin Park: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 26
Gardens: 19
  • Kipos Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Nelson Phenology Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Westminster Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch Community Garden: 4.2 mi
  • Connections Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 19
Cliffs: 17
  • Green Bluff: 8.7 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 9.1 mi
Museums: 14
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Bing Crosby House Museum: 3.5 mi
  • Jundt Art Center: 3.7 mi
  • River City Modelers: 4.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Post Falls: 19.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 7.0 mi
  • Big Springs: 16.1 mi
  • well 2520: 22.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 23.3 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 23.3 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 3.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of Harmon-Shipley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 39°1,784 m18.5 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNE 36°1,600 m17.4 mi
Mica PeakESE 110°1,598 m18.7 mi
Beauty MountainNE 38°1,587 m18.0 mi
Mica PeakSE 126°1,586 m16.4 mi
Quartz MountainNE 48°1,572 m17.8 mi
Bald KnobNE 40°1,557 m18.1 mi
Horse MountainNE 48°1,552 m18.1 mi

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 solstice07:3615:0716:01

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.

  • Common Pill Woodlouse19 obs
  • Leopard Slug14 obs
  • Common Rough Woodlouse14 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel12 obs
  • tree-of-heaven11 obs
  • Western Boxelder Bug10 obs
  • European Mantis10 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine9 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/121283041

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