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Craige

Craige from directly overhead

Craige is a ghost town in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 999 m. Mount Misery stands 1,941 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Zindel, a ghost town 1.8 miles away. Northwest Passage Scenic Byway passes 19 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

human settlement in Washington, United States of America

How to reach it

Coordinates46.13556, -117.02389

110 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
Parks: 32
  • Buffalo Eddy Petroglyph Site - Nez Perce National Historical Park: 5.1 mi
  • Asotin City Park: 14.2 mi
  • Chief Looking Glass Park: 14.4 mi
  • Hells Gate State Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
  • Headgates County Park: 15.9 mi
Springs: 9
  • Fields Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Coyote Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Wickiup Spring: 19.8 mi
  • Pinkham Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Jeffreys Spring: 22.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hells Gate Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
  • Ponderosa Point Day Use Area: 20.2 mi
  • Lower Peninsula Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
  • Granite View Day Use Area: 20.3 mi
  • Craig Mountain Day Use Area: 20.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 4
  • Jack O'Conner Visitor Center: 15.8 mi
  • Nez Perce County Historical Society: 19.9 mi
  • Winchester Visitors Center: 20.5 mi
  • Local Native American and geological information: 21.0 mi
Beaches: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Cherry Creek Falls: 19.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • US-95 Winchester Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • C. C. Van Arsdol: 22.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount MiseryW1,941 m23.5 mi
Diamond PeakW1,935 m24.7 mi
Saddle ButteWSW1,796 m21.5 mi
Mount HorribleW1,774 m20.4 mi
Poison PointS1,648 m22.1 mi
Deadhorse ButteSSE1,627 m23.5 mi
Fairchild PointS1,626 m21.1 mi
Craig MountainESE1,609 m9.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5218:2119:01
June solstice04:5719:5720:44
September equinox06:3618:0818:47
December solstice07:2815:1516:06

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363945526067767566534235
Precip in1.11.01.31.41.71.30.50.50.61.11.21.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lewiston AP, 17 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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