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Alstown

Alstown from directly overhead

Alstown is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 681 m. Chumstick Mountain stands 1,771 m to the west-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Moses Stool, a peak 4.7 miles away. Cascade Loop passes 12 miles off. 40 named summits stand within 25 miles.

ghost town in Douglas County, Washington

How to reach it

Coordinates47.55000, -119.98330

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pioneer Park: 7.9 mi
  • Orondo River Park: 13.1 mi
  • Entiat Park: 13.6 mi
  • Theodore "Buzz" Butts Park: 13.8 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 14.1 mi
Peaks: 40
  • Moses Stool: 4.7 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Standpipe Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 9.4 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 13.0 mi
Artworks: 22
  • Turbine: 14.9 mi
  • Visionary: 17.3 mi
  • Humpback Whale: 17.4 mi
  • Admiration: 17.4 mi
  • Ped: 17.4 mi
Springs: 17
Museums: 10
  • Douglas County Historical Museum: 7.9 mi
  • Entiat Museum: 13.5 mi
  • Columbia Breaks Fire Interpretive Center: 14.6 mi
  • Rocky Reach Dam Discovery Center: 14.8 mi
  • Rocky Reach Discovery Center: 14.8 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Earthquake Point: 15.9 mi
  • Annie's Fun Farm: 16.0 mi
  • Wenatchee Riverfront Railway: 17.4 mi
  • Tunnel Zip Lines: 17.6 mi
  • Great Northern Steam Locomotive: 17.7 mi
Historic sites: 6
Gardens: 6
  • Japanese Garden: 16.6 mi
  • Ohme Gardens: 16.8 mi
  • Xeriscape Demonstration Garden: 17.4 mi
  • Okanogan Avenue Community Garden: 17.9 mi
  • leisure = garden: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 3
Ghost towns: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Beaches: 2
Waterfalls: 1
  • Dutch Henry Falls: 16.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Alstown. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chumstick MountainWNW 288°1,771 m22.9 mi
Forest MountainNNW 327°1,599 m24.4 mi
Burch MountainW 277°1,495 m19.3 mi
Blag MountainW 279°1,418 m24.8 mi
Horse Lake MountainWSW 247°1,414.5 m23.4 mi
Beehive MountainSW 232°1,383 m24.3 mi
Eagle RockW 269°1,381 m18.4 mi
Tibbetts MountainW 274°1,248 m23.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3219:13
June solstice05:0320:1421:02
September equinox06:4718:1919:00
December solstice07:4615:1916:12

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F242837455460686859453223
Precip in1.50.91.00.71.11.00.50.30.31.01.32.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterville, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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