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Alder

Alder from directly overhead

Alder is a ghost town in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,183 m. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Chief Joseph Monument, a park 1.8 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 1.7 miles off.

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Coordinates45.39793, -117.29712

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Ruby Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Hurricane Point: 4.6 mi
  • Dug Peak: 5.6 mi
  • Sawtooth Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Twin Peaks: 6.9 mi
Springs: 12
  • Cold Spring: 6.6 mi
  • Miner Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Huckleberry Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Standley Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Bearwallow Spring: 14.5 mi
Parks: 9
  • Chief Joseph Monument: 1.8 mi
  • Enterprise City Park: 2.0 mi
  • Warde Park: 2.1 mi
  • Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 5.8 mi
  • Wallowa Lake State Park: 8.8 mi
Historic sites: 9
Waterfalls: 6
  • Hunter Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Slick Rock Creek Falls: 8.6 mi
  • BC Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Wallowa Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Ice Falls: 11.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 4.1 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 9.1 mi
  • Little Alps Day Use Area: 9.9 mi
Museums: 3
  • Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 4.3 mi
  • Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 4.5 mi
  • Wallowa County Museum: 4.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • Eagle: 2.1 mi
  • All Around Cowboy: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Alder. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sacajawea PeakS 179°3,000 m10.6 mi
Hurwal DivideS 171°2,980 m9.7 mi
Sacajawea-Matterhorn RidgeS 179°2,979 m11.1 mi
MatterhornS 180°2,975 m11.8 mi
Aneroid MountainSSE 156°2,958.7 m14.7 mi
Twin PeaksSSW 200°2,950 m6.9 mi
Point JosephSSE 167°2,933 m7.9 mi
Petes PointSSE 165°2,932 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:02
June solstice05:0219:5620:42
September equinox06:3718:1018:48
December solstice07:2715:2016:10

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936415056646557453426
Precip in1.31.11.41.92.61.90.90.71.11.41.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joseph, 5 mi away.

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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