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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.

ghost town in Oregon state

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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 17.0 miles of Alder. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sacajawea PeakS3,000 m10.6 mi
Hurwal DivideS2,980 m9.7 mi
Sacajawea-Matterhorn RidgeS2,979 m11.1 mi
MatterhornS2,975 m11.8 mi
Aneroid MountainSSE2,959 m14.7 mi
Twin PeaksSSW2,950 m6.9 mi
Point JosephSSE2,933 m7.9 mi
Petes PointSSE2,932 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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