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Ft. Stevens Bombardment Historical Marker

Ft. Stevens Bombardment Historical Marker from directly overhead

Ft. Stevens Bombardment Historical Marker is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Saddle Mountain stands 1,001 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Warrenton City Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 1.2 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Inscription
On June 21, 1942, A 5.5" shell exploded here, one of 17 fired at Columbia River harbor defense installations by the Japanese submarine I-25. The only hostile shelling of a military base on the U.S. Mainland during World War II and the first since the War
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Coordinates46.15024, -123.94417

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Warrenton City Park: 1.1 mi
  • Smith Lake County Park: 1.2 mi
  • Light House Park: 1.4 mi
  • Carruthers Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Sunset Beach Park: 3.5 mi
Peaks: 38
Historic sites: 29
Museums: 20
Attractions: 18
Artworks: 11
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 3
  • Cullaby Lake County Park: 4.9 mi
  • Klootchy Creek County Park: 16.0 mi
  • Arcadia Beach: 21.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Gardens: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle MountainSE1,001 m17.6 mi
West Onion PeakS938 m23.6 mi
Onion PeakS932 m23.3 mi
Nicolai MountainE902 m23.6 mi
Elk MountainESE816 m19.5 mi
Wickiup MountainE807 m17.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSE791 m20.5 mi
Humbug MountainSE747 m19.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:4919:28
June solstice05:2520:2521:12
September equinox07:0318:3619:15
December solstice07:5615:4316:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444446495357616159534743
Precip in10.67.27.95.83.42.30.81.12.76.711.110.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Astoria AP (port OF), 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12103663753

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