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Rochester Heights Park

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Rochester Heights Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 625 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is James J. Hill Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 5.7 miles off.

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Coordinates47.70683, -117.38165
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Little Baldy: 2.4 mi
  • Dart Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 6.4 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Lyonns Glen: 1.3 mi
  • iron artwork: 2.4 mi
  • Expo 74 Butterfly: 3.4 mi
  • Soaring: 3.5 mi
  • Rooted: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Austin Ravine Conservation Area: 2.9 mi
  • Holmberg Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 3.6 mi
  • Downriver Park: 3.9 mi
  • Wyakin Park: 4.5 mi
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 19
Gardens: 19
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 8.7 mi
Museums: 14
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 0.8 mi
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Bing Crosby House Museum: 2.8 mi
  • Jundt Art Center: 3.0 mi
  • River City Modelers: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Post Falls: 19.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Big Springs: 15.3 mi
  • well 2520: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 19.0 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 24.0 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 24.0 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 3.5 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Rochester Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 40°1,784 m19.3 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNE 37°1,600 m18.2 mi
Mica PeakESE 108°1,598 m19.2 mi
Beauty MountainNE 39°1,587 m18.8 mi
Mica PeakESE 123°1,586 m16.7 mi
Quartz MountainNE 48°1,572 m18.6 mi
Bald KnobNE 41°1,557 m18.9 mi
Horse MountainNE 49°1,552 m18.9 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
  • tree-of-heaven28 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse20 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine18 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel17 obs
  • Leopard Slug16 obs
  • European Mantis15 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider14 obs
  • California Flattened Jumping Spider12 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/227894749

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