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Fremont

Fremont from directly overhead

Fremont is a ghost town in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,352 m. Bald Mountain stands 2,238 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pasture Rock, a peak 1.8 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 1.3 miles off.

ghost town in Oregon, United States

What the record says

Founded
1908
Abandoned
1922

How to reach it

Coordinates43.37833, -121.15333

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pasture Rock: 1.8 mi
  • Lucky: 2.4 mi
  • Negroheel Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Reub Long Butte: 2.8 mi
  • Fort Rock: 4.0 mi
Springs: 16
  • Pothole Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Smoke Creek Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Road Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Ross Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Mowich Spring: 11.3 mi
Parks: 5
  • Fort Rock Junction: 2.1 mi
  • Sage Sandals Kiosk: 2.1 mi
  • Hunt Camp Rest Area: 3.0 mi
  • Cabin Lake Wildlife Area: 9.4 mi
  • Shorty's Willow: 24.9 mi
Attractions: 2
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
  • Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Waterfalls: 1
  • Paulina Falls: 24.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Paulina Hot Springs: 24.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Fremont. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainSW2,238 m12.4 mi
Wart PeakSW2,115 m10.2 mi
Stams MountainW1,995 m13.9 mi
Antelope MountainSSW1,989 m16.7 mi
Corral ButteWSW1,973 m12.1 mi
Lookout PointWSW1,918 m11.4 mi
Timothy ButteSW1,917 m13.0 mi
Ooskan ButteN1,896 m16.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:17
June solstice05:2520:0620:49
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3515:4616:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303238425057656355453528
Precip in1.30.91.40.81.30.70.40.50.50.81.21.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — THE Poplars, 13 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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