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Wades Point

Wades Point, seen from above at true elevation

Wades Point is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,119 m. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Joseph Monument, a park 5.8 miles away. Hells Canyon runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1119 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.47209, -117.39129

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Huckleberry Mountain-North Peak: 6.0 mi
  • Huckleberry Mountain-South Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Huckleberry Mountain-Middle Peak: 6.4 mi
  • Ruby Peak: 8.4 mi
  • Fox Point: 8.8 mi
Springs: 12
  • Huckleberry Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Cold Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Bearwallow Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Miner Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Standley Spring: 10.9 mi
Historic sites: 9
Parks: 8
  • Chief Joseph Monument: 5.8 mi
  • Warde Park: 6.3 mi
  • Enterprise City Park: 6.3 mi
  • Evans Park: 10.2 mi
  • Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hunter Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Minam Falls: 13.9 mi
  • Slick Rock Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
  • BC Creek Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Wallowa Falls: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 11.0 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
  • Little Alps Day Use Area: 16.5 mi
Museums: 3
  • Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 11.2 mi
  • Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 11.4 mi
  • Wallowa County Museum: 11.5 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 6.4 mi
  • All Around Cowboy: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Wades Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sacajawea PeakSSE 163°3,000 m16.4 mi
Hurwal DivideSSE 157°2,980 m15.9 mi
Sacajawea-Matterhorn RidgeSSE 164°2,979 m16.9 mi
MatterhornSSE 165°2,975 m17.5 mi
Twin PeaksS 169°2,950 m11.8 mi
Point JosephSSE 154°2,933 m14.3 mi
Chief Joseph MountainSSE 154°2,929 m14.4 mi
Hurwal Divide SouthwestSSE 160°2,898 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:02
June solstice05:0219:5720:43
September equinox06:3718:1018:49
December solstice07:2715:2016:10

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283340465460676659473628
Precip in1.81.61.61.62.21.60.50.80.71.52.02.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallowa, 10 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357318571

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