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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. 62 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.

ghost town in Oregon, United States

How to reach it

Coordinates43.48444, -120.11667

62 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 57
  • 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: 3
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 MountainSE1,985 m14.7 mi
Glass ButteNNE1,946 m5.5 mi
Hampton ButteNNW1,933 m21.7 mi
Round ButteNNW1,878 m22.7 mi
Little Glass ButteENE1,875 m6.6 mi
Hewitson RidgeNNW1,866 m22.1 mi
Long BarnNNW1,824 m19.3 mi
Chandler ButteSE1,774 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.

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