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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: 17
  • 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
Waterfalls: 2
  • Paulina Falls: 24.0 mi
  • Paulina Falls: 24.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Museums: 1
  • Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum: 5.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
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 MountainSW 235°2,238 m12.4 mi
Wart PeakSW 229°2,115.312 m10.2 mi
Stams MountainW 265°1,995.221 m13.9 mi
Antelope MountainSSW 211°1,989.125 m16.7 mi
Corral ButteWSW 258°1,973.275 m12.1 mi
Lookout PointWSW 256°1,918.411 m11.4 mi
Timothy ButteSW 217°1,917.192 m13.0 mi
Ooskan ButteN 356°1,895.551 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 5080 °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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