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Gilded River

Gilded River from directly overhead

Gilded River is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,155 m. Tumalo Mountain stands 2,370 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Ridge Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 2.3 miles off.

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Built: 2017

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Coordinates44.01934, -121.31702

2.3 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
22.3 mi off the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass, National
27.6 mi off the Oregon Outback, National

Overlooks nearby

Arlies Rock/North Gateway Information Viewpoint · 7 mi
Vista Butte Sno-Park · 15 mi
Windy Point · 29 mi
Three Sisters Viewpoint · 30 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Pine Ridge Park: 0.9 mi
The Pit: 1.0 mi
Sun Meadow Park: 1.0 mi
Renaissance Ridge Central Park: 1.1 mi
Blakely Park: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Sunset Hill: 2.0 mi
Overturf Butte: 2.5 mi
Pilot Butte: 3.3 mi
Horse Butte: 5.2 mi
Bessie Butte: 5.4 mi

Artworks45

Lodestar: 1.5 mi
Centennial Logger: 1.5 mi
Sound Garden: 1.5 mi
Centennial Planter: 1.6 mi
Two Bits: 1.6 mi

Waterfalls22

Dillon Falls: 6.4 mi
Benham Falls: 7.3 mi
Awbrey Falls: 12.1 mi
Tumalo Falls: 12.4 mi
Double Falls: 13.1 mi

Nature reserves19

Cinder Cone Natural Area: 2.0 mi
Pinewood Natural Area: 2.5 mi
Larkspur Natural Area: 2.6 mi
Pilot Butte State Scenic Viewpoint: 3.3 mi
Simonson Natural Area: 3.5 mi

Springs15

Bull Spring: 9.0 mi
Kiwa Springs: 9.6 mi
Cold Spring: 10.4 mi
Jack Pine Spring: 10.8 mi
Coyote Spring: 12.0 mi

Attractions6

Bob the Bend Rock: 2.6 mi
1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 3.7 mi
Lava Lands Visitor Center: 7.8 mi
High Desert Activity Center: 16.2 mi
Redmond Caves Recreation Area: 17.3 mi

Cliffs5

Look Out Point: 5.4 mi
Power lines cliff: 7.7 mi
Cougar Buttress: 11.5 mi
Tam McArthur Rim: 17.2 mi
Southern Tip: 24.9 mi

Gardens4

Miller's Landing Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Franklin's Corner Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Petersen Rock Garden: 13.0 mi
Sisters Community Garden: 22.4 mi

Historic sites4

Frank T. Johns: 2.8 mi
Veteran's Memorial: 2.9 mi
Peace Statue: 3.1 mi
Terrence Hardington Foley: 3.3 mi

Museums3

Deschutes Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
The High Desert Museum: 3.9 mi
Sisters Museum: 22.0 mi

Picnic sites2

Meadow Day Use Area: 3.7 mi
Beach Day Use Area: 24.6 mi

Hot springs1

Paulina Hot Springs: 20.3 mi

Ghost towns1

Millican: 22.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Gilded River. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Tumalo Mountain	W 267°	2,370 m	16.2 mi
Pilpil Butte	SSE 165°	2,078 m	16.6 mi
Vista Butte	W 262°	2,017 m	14.1 mi
Bearwallow Butte	WNW 289°	1,967 m	12.4 mi
Kwinnum Butte	SSE 167°	1,964 m	15.4 mi
Triangle Hill	WNW 297°	1,950 m	12.4 mi
Bosbosli Butte	SSE 163°	1,877 m	13.5 mi
Kapka Butte	WSW 258°	1,877 m	14.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:09	18:40	19:18
June solstice	05:23	20:08	20:53
September equinox	06:53	18:26	19:04
December solstice	07:38	15:43	16:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	34	35	40	44	52	58	66	66	59	48	39	32
Precip in	1.4	1.0	0.7	0.8	1.0	0.7	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.6	1.3	2.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bend, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9033661692

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