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Manito Park

Manito Park from directly overhead

Manito Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 694 m. Mount Kit Carson stands 1,600 m to the north-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Butterfly Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1904-04
Getting there

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Coordinates47.63588, -117.41149
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Cannon Hill Park: 0.5 mi
  • Olmstead Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Olmstead Triangle Park: 0.6 mi
  • Cliff Park: 0.7 mi
  • Olmstead Triangle Park: 0.7 mi
Peaks
  • Browne Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Beacon Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 5.8 mi
  • Tower Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Little Baldy: 6.2 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Tsutakawa Pagoda: 0.2 mi
  • Lovebirds: 0.2 mi
  • Fosseen Lantern: 0.2 mi
  • Cannon Hill Lily: 0.5 mi
  • Local Sculptures: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • High Drive Conservation Area: 1.2 mi
  • Elliot Conservation Futures: 1.3 mi
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 1.9 mi
  • Westwood Natural Area: 2.1 mi
  • Hazel's Creek Drainage and Conservation Facility: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 25
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Ferris Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Rose Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Duncan Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Dahlia Garden: 0.1 mi
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 10.3 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 10.6 mi
Museums: 13
Waterfalls: 5
  • Upper Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Upper Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.3 mi
  • Post Falls: 21.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Goldback Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Big Springs: 10.4 mi
  • well 2520: 21.1 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 23.7 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 24.5 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 6.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Manito Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Kit CarsonNNE 33°1,600 m23.0 mi
Mica PeakE 93°1,598 m19.7 mi
Mica PeakESE 106°1,586 m16.0 mi
Quartz MountainNE 42°1,572 m23.0 mi
Horse MountainNE 42°1,552 m23.3 mi
Cable PeakE 98°1,501 m19.1 mi
Shasta ButteE 90°1,470 m19.2 mi
Ragged MountainNE 46°1,468 m23.0 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
  • Mallard270 obs
  • Canada Goose167 obs
  • Yellow-bellied Marmot163 obs
  • arrowleaf balsamroot148 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel102 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine102 obs
  • grasswidow99 obs
  • Wild Turkey93 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/41124516

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