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Ruth Park

Ruth Park from directly overhead

Ruth Park is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 630 m. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunburst Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 5.9 miles off.

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Coordinates47.71286, -117.41594
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
  • Beacon Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Little Baldy: 4.0 mi
  • Dart Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Rattlesnake Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Lockhart Hill: 5.4 mi
Artworks: 43
  • Lyonns Glen: 0.7 mi
  • Land Acknowledgement Monument: 2.8 mi
  • Totem Pole: 2.9 mi
  • Sign Post: 3.2 mi
  • Expo 74 Butterfly: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves: 29
  • Austin Ravine Conservation Area: 1.3 mi
  • Holmberg Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
  • Downriver Park: 2.9 mi
  • Wyakin Park: 2.9 mi
  • Riverfront Park Conservation Area: 3.5 mi
Historic sites: 26
Attractions: 20
Gardens: 18
Cliffs: 17
  • Pine Bluff: 6.8 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 6.9 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 6.9 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.0 mi
  • Pine Bluff: 7.1 mi
Museums: 12
Waterfalls: 6
  • Upper Falls: 3.4 mi
  • Upper Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Post Falls: 21.5 mi
Springs: 5
  • Griffith Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Mirabeau Springs: 9.2 mi
  • Big Springs: 15.1 mi
  • well 2520: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bald Knob Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
  • Big Spring Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
  • Long Lake Dam Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Boulder Beach: 5.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Ruth Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneNE 44°1,784 m20.1 mi
Mount Kit CarsonNE 42°1,600 m18.9 mi
Mica PeakESE 107°1,598 m20.9 mi
Beauty MountainNE 43°1,587 m19.6 mi
Mica PeakESE 122°1,586 m18.3 mi
Quartz MountainNE 52°1,572 m19.5 mi
Bald KnobNE 45°1,557 m19.7 mi
Horse MountainNE 52°1,552 m19.8 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
  • tree-of-heaven32 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
  • European Mantis22 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine18 obs
  • common alkanet15 obs
  • Common Pill Woodlouse14 obs
  • Leopard Slug14 obs
  • Rock Pigeon13 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/225193426

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