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Stauffer

Stauffer from directly overhead

Stauffer is a ghost town in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,393 m. Wagontire Mountain stands 1,985 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Stauffer Rim, a cliff 1.5 miles away. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.

ghost town in Oregon, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48444, -120.11667

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 58
  • Glass Butte: 5.5 mi
  • Pilot Butte: 5.8 mi
  • Little Glass Butte: 6.6 mi
  • Tired Horse Butte: 7.1 mi
  • Studhorse Butte: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 5
Historic sites: 1
  • Civilian Conservation Corps Monument: 17.6 mi
Springs: 1
  • Upper Ryegrass Spring: 19.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Wagontire MountainSE 130°1,985.162 m14.7 mi
Glass ButteNNE 23°1,946 m5.5 mi
Hampton ButteNNW 338°1,933.346 m21.7 mi
Round ButteNNW 339°1,878.482 m22.7 mi
Little Glass ButteENE 63°1,875 m6.6 mi
Hewitson RidgeNNW 341°1,865.681 m22.1 mi
Long BarnNNW 344°1,823.923 m19.3 mi
Chandler ButteSE 144°1,773.936 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3519:13
June solstice05:2020:0220:46
September equinox06:4818:2219:00
December solstice07:3115:4116:28

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283137425057686760473527
Precip in1.61.01.21.01.50.90.40.40.50.91.11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Squaw Butte-northern Great BAS, 20 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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