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Carlson Hill

Carlson Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Carlson Hill rises to 811 m in Washington. Mount Spokane stands 1,784 m to the north, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Saltese Uplands Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. JCT SR 2 MT SPOKANE PARK DR TO JCT ENTRANCE MT SPOKANE STATE PARK passes 12 miles off.

About

The story

The Holiday Hills are a series of mostly treeless, loam hills in Spokane County, Washington, in the foothills of the Selkirk Range. The portion of the hills immediately to the east of the adjacent Saltese Flats are known as the Saltese Uplands.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q30594878, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
811 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates47.65018, -117.11631
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Little Bear Park: 1.3 mi
  • Nature's Place at Meadowwood: 1.4 mi
  • Five Fingers Park: 1.5 mi
  • Pavilion Park: 1.5 mi
  • Liberty Lake Water Access Site: 1.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 45
Nature reserves: 29
  • Saltese Uplands Conservation Area: 0.8 mi
  • Saltese Flats Wetland Area: 1.6 mi
  • MacKenzie Natural Area: 2.5 mi
  • Gateway Conservation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Antoine Peak Conservation Area: 5.4 mi
Historic sites: 24
Attractions: 23
Gardens: 22
  • Pumpkin Patch Community Garden: 8.2 mi
  • Post Falls Community Garden: 9.5 mi
  • Native Plant Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Ferris Garden: 13.8 mi
Museums: 16
  • Spokane Valley Heritage Museum: 5.9 mi
  • Post Falls Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Carr's One of a Kind in the World Museum: 11.9 mi
  • Hillyard Rail Museum: 12.1 mi
  • River City Modelers: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
Beaches: 7
  • Boulder Beach: 9.5 mi
  • North Idaho Beach: 14.8 mi
  • City Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Sanders Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Sanders Beach: 16.5 mi
Picnic sites: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Liberty Creek Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Post Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.2 mi
  • Upper Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Mystic Falls: 17.0 mi
Springs: 4
  • Mirabeau Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Goldback Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Griffith Spring: 17.8 mi
  • Big Springs: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Eastbound: 12.3 mi
  • Huetter Rest Area, I-90 Westbound: 12.3 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Carlson Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount SpokaneN 0°1,784 m18.7 mi
Mount Kit CarsonN 356°1,600 m18.4 mi
Mica PeakESE 108°1,598 m6.3 mi
Beauty MountainN 359°1,587 m18.5 mi
Mica PeakSSE 163°1,586 m5.5 mi
Quartz MountainN 6°1,572 m16.3 mi
Bald KnobN 1°1,557 m18.1 mi
Horse MountainN 6°1,552 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2119:01
June solstice04:5120:0220:51
September equinox06:3618:0718:48
December solstice07:3515:0716:00

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, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356539800

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