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CHAMPOEG MEETING AND FIRST GOVERNMENT

CHAMPOEG MEETING AND FIRST GOVERNMENT from directly overhead

CHAMPOEG MEETING AND FIRST GOVERNMENT is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is METHODIST MEETING HOUSE, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 0.8 miles off.

The record

What the record says

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On May 2, 1843, the white male settlers of the Willamette Valley and the Tuality Plains, after years of living under the rule of the Hudson's Bay Company, met at Champoeg. Following a debate and recount vote (52-50) in favor of "organization,"…
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Coordinates45.55531, -122.93637
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Methodist Meeting House/Meek Family Memorial: 0.0 mi
  • Crescent Park Greenway: 0.5 mi
  • Brookwood and Evergreen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Dawson Creek Park: 0.9 mi
  • Hondo Dog Park: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions: 58
Museums: 50
Picnic sites: 20
  • Picnic Shelter: 3.1 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 10.7 mi
  • Shelter A: 12.7 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 12.8 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Jackson Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 15.5 mi
  • Bonnie Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Tina Bar: 14.1 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 14.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Waud Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 15.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 17.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.1 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Fern Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 15.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of CHAMPOEG MEETING AND FIRST GOVERNMENT. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 269°1,048 m21.2 mi
Woods PointW 272°940 m24.3 mi
Round TopWNW 292°909 m22.2 mi
Windy PointWSW 258°880 m23.6 mi
Long MountainNNW 333°689 m18.1 mi
Green MountainNW 324°676 m16.2 mi
Buck MountainNNW 345°649 m16.0 mi
Bunker HillNNW 347°634 m21.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunrise.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox07:0018:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11961815016

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