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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. 40 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
Getting there

How to reach it

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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: 40
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 20
Attractions: 18
Artworks: 11
Nature reserves: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Beaches: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Cullaby Lake County Park: 4.9 mi
  • Klootchy Creek County Park: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Arcadia Beach: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Cliffs: 4
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 MountainSE 135°1,001 m17.6 mi
West Onion PeakS 176°937.5 m23.6 mi
Onion PeakS 173°931.7 m23.3 mi
Nicolai MountainE 100°902 m23.6 mi
Elk MountainESE 113°816 m19.5 mi
Wickiup MountainE 100°807 m17.4 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSSE 168°791 m20.5 mi
Humbug MountainSE 142°747 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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