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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. 39 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: 39
  • Moses Stool: 4.7 mi
  • Badger Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Standpipe Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Lincoln Rock: 14.6 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: 9
  • 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 MountainWNW1,771 m22.9 mi
Forest MountainNNW1,599 m24.4 mi
Burch MountainW1,495 m19.3 mi
Blag MountainW1,418 m24.8 mi
Horse Lake MountainWSW1,415 m23.4 mi
Beehive MountainSW1,383 m24.3 mi
Eagle RockW1,381 m18.4 mi
Tibbetts MountainW1,248 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 50–80 °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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