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Mayor Dedication

Mayor Dedication from directly overhead

Mayor Dedication is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the west-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Hood River City Hall, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 1.3 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
Dedicated to Mayor Kenji Nakano, Ray "Chop" Yasui, and Mayor Charles Beardsley In honor of establishing the Hood River - Tsuruta Sister City Program and your many years of dedicated support, devotion and commitment to the Program. Presented 6/18/2014
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.70830, -121.51213

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Overlook Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Winans Park: 0.0 mi
  • Georgiana Smith Park: 0.2 mi
  • Cannery Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • Nichols Natural Area: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Panorama Point: 1.6 mi
  • Strawberry Mountain: 1.9 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 3.2 mi
  • Hood River Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Burdoin Mountain: 3.5 mi
Waterfalls
  • Wah Gwin Gwin Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Little Maui Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Labyrinth Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Spirit Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Lower Labyrinth Falls: 6.1 mi
Springs
  • Sanford Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Bachelor Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Burlingame Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Hakel Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Rhoades Spring: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 34
Cliffs: 22
  • Coyote Wall: 5.2 mi
  • Wankers Columns: 5.9 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 6.6 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 6.8 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves: 15
Museums: 12
Attractions: 8
  • The Henderson Monument: 0.3 mi
  • Wet Planet Rafting: 6.2 mi
  • SA Kitesurf Adventures: 10.7 mi
  • Little Huckleberry Trail No 47 Trailhead: 16.5 mi
  • Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 17.0 mi
Gardens: 8
Beaches: 6
  • Slackwater Beach: 0.4 mi
  • Marina Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 1.5 mi
  • Koberg Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Rock Creek Beach: 5.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Ice Cave Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 20.5 mi
  • Hemlock Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges: 18.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Mayor Dedication. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceWSW 248°1,504 m11.0 mi
Little Huckleberry MountainNW 323°1,457.2 m15.4 mi
Green Point MountainWSW 245°1,443.8 m13.7 mi
Chinidere MountainWSW 240°1,416 m16.7 mi
Tomlike MountainWSW 244°1,387 m15.6 mi
Guler MountainN 352°1,288 m15.4 mi
Big Huckleberry MountainNW 306°1,283 m16.2 mi
Monte CristoNNW 348°1,271.3 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1720:1421:00
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4515:3516:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363944505762696962514135
Precip in5.23.53.21.81.30.80.20.20.72.64.85.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hood RVR EXP STN, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6861162024

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