Skip to content
Byway
Ghost town · Oregon

Ordnance

Ordnance from directly overhead

Ordnance is a ghost town in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Gleason Butte stands 972 m to the south, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Hermiston State Game Farm, a park 4.3 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 11 miles off. 89 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.

Ghost town in Umatilla County, Oregon

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.79667, -119.41694
Around it

89 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 45
  • Hermiston State Game Farm: 4.3 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 4.9 mi
  • Harrison Park: 5.7 mi
  • Victory Square Park: 6.0 mi
  • Belt Park: 6.1 mi
Peaks: 23
  • Ward Butte: 4.7 mi
  • Emigrant Buttes: 6.0 mi
  • Hermiston Butte: 6.4 mi
  • Umatilla Butte: 8.1 mi
  • Finley Buttes: 9.8 mi
Nature reserves: 6
Rest areas: 4
Museums: 3
  • Umatilla Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Echo Museum: 11.3 mi
  • SAGE Center: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Beaches: 2
Springs: 2
  • Badger Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Coyote Srings: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gleason ButteS 182°972 m21.5 mi
Morris ButteS 173°893 m20.9 mi
Swaggart ButtesSSW 199°795 m24.5 mi
Johnson ButteNNE 27°620 m23.4 mi
Service ButtesSSE 153°515 m11.7 mi
Ella ButteSW 228°490 m23.4 mi
Carpenter ButteS 189°471 m16.2 mi
FourmileNE 35°413 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3119:10
June solstice05:0820:0620:52
September equinox06:4518:1818:57
December solstice07:3715:2616:16

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745516066737163514034
Precip in1.30.80.80.80.90.60.20.20.30.81.11.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hermiston 2 NW, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

WikipediaWikidata
More ghost towns in Oregon

Day trips start here

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore ghost towns
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Ordnance.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens