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Cornucopia

Cornucopia from directly overhead

Cornucopia is a ghost town in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,440 m. Matterhorn stands 2,975 m to the north-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Cornucopia Peak, a peak 2.4 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 10 miles off.

human settlement in Oregon, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates45.00820, -117.19300

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Cornucopia Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Summit Point: 2.9 mi
  • Granite Mountain: 4.1 mi
  • Red Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Truax Mountain: 5.3 mi
Parks: 6
  • Heritage Square: 10.0 mi
  • Wayside Springs Forest Camp: 13.9 mi
  • Harry M Hewitt Memorial Park: 17.6 mi
  • Hells Canyon Park: 18.6 mi
  • Wallowa Lake State Park: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Ice Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Wallowa Falls: 18.0 mi
  • BC Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Slick Rock Creek Falls: 19.3 mi
  • Hunter Falls: 24.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • J N Bishop Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Brant Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Marlin Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Cherry Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Miner Spring: 24.7 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Little Alps Day Use Area: 18.0 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 19.0 mi
  • Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 24.2 mi
Museums: 3
  • Wallowa County Museum: 23.7 mi
  • Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 23.9 mi
  • Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 24.2 mi
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Halfway Picnic Area: 9.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Bishop Spring Rest Stop: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • All Around Cowboy: 23.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Cornucopia. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
MatterhornNNW 341°2,975 m16.0 mi
Aneroid MountainN 4°2,958.7 m13.5 mi
Petes PointN 354°2,932 m12.6 mi
Red MountainNW 326°2,913.8 m4.7 mi
Eagle CapNNW 334°2,909 m12.0 mi
Cusick MountainNNW 344°2,901 m9.3 mi
Glacier PeakNNW 334°2,894 m11.3 mi
Aneroid Mountain NorthN 4°2,880 m15.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:01
June solstice05:0319:5520:40
September equinox06:3718:0918:48
December solstice07:2515:2216:11

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F253041485663716961483627
Precip in3.62.11.91.61.81.30.50.30.71.32.63.8

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

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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