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Kinzua

Kinzua from directly overhead

Kinzua is a ghost town in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,036 m. Snow Board Ridge stands 1,573 m to the east-southeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Kinzua Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 4.4 miles off.

Ghost town in Wheeler County, Oregon

How to reach it

Coordinates44.98944, -120.05889

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Kinzua Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Rettie Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Ox Head: 3.1 mi
  • SB Ridge Lookout: 3.9 mi
  • Snow Board Ridge: 5.2 mi
Parks: 8
  • Wheeler Court House Park: 7.7 mi
  • Dyer State Wayside: 11.3 mi
  • Spray Riverfront Park: 17.2 mi
  • Condon City Park: 17.9 mi
  • Gilliam County Fairgrounds: 18.4 mi
Springs: 6
  • Stovepipe Springs: 21.6 mi
  • Rattlesnake Spring: 22.6 mi
  • Government Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Wildcat Spring: 23.4 mi
  • Three Trough Spring: 24.5 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Bear Hollow County Park: 4.8 mi
  • Julia A Henderson Pioneer Park: 6.5 mi
  • Shelton Wayside County Park: 6.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • National Motorcycle Riders Memorial: 6.7 mi
  • Burned ranch buildings: 23.2 mi
Attractions: 2
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Burnt Ranch Recreation Site: 22.4 mi
  • Lower Burnt Ranch Recreation Site: 22.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Clarno Arch: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Kinzua. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Snow Board RidgeESE 111°1,572.768 m5.2 mi
SB Ridge LookoutESE 121°1,558.138 m3.9 mi
Wheeler PointESE 105°1,524 m7.7 mi
Rancheria RockSSW 211°1,496.3 m7.4 mi
Ox HeadENE 68°1,491.691 m3.1 mi
Corral MountainSSW 197°1,478.28 m9.1 mi
Collins ButteE 99°1,470 m12.0 mi
Butler MountainSSE 166°1,450.543 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3419:13
June solstice05:1420:0620:51
September equinox06:4818:2118:59
December solstice07:3615:3316:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343640455258656557483833
Precip in1.41.21.51.42.11.30.40.60.51.51.41.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fossil, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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