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Eider Point Out Post

Eider Point Out Post from directly overhead

Eider Point Out Post is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Makushin Volcano stands 1,811 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Water Fall, a attraction 1.6 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

WWII Military Outpost at Eider Point

How to reach it

Coordinates53.95926, -166.59185

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Water Fall: 1.6 mi
  • Waterfall: 2.7 mi
  • Top of Ballyhoo: 3.9 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 4.3 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 4.3 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Table Top Mountain: 3.7 mi
  • Mount Ballyhoo: 3.9 mi
  • Hill 200: 5.5 mi
  • Strawberry Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Bunker Hill Peak: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 17
Parks: 6
  • Sitka Spruce Park: 5.3 mi
  • Expedition Park: 5.9 mi
  • Town Park: 6.4 mi
  • Tutiakoff Field: 6.6 mi
  • Unalaska Memorial Park: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Glass Beach: 5.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Makushin VolcanoWSW 249°1,811 m13.9 mi
Table Top MountainWNW 282°829 m3.7 mi
Lofty MountainE 95°695 m11.6 mi
Pyramid PeakSSE 164°651 m8.1 mi
Mount Marshall ReeseWNW 281°596 m9.4 mi
Elizabeth PeakS 184°590 m10.9 mi
Sugarloaf ConeWSW 249°581 m9.6 mi
Red Cinder DomeW 274°574 m11.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:0920:3321:20
June solstice06:3522:4423:43
September equinox08:5320:2021:07
December solstice10:2416:3717:47

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333434374247525449433835
Precip in6.85.24.63.54.22.52.32.95.77.96.77.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dutch Harbor, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/542711297

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