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Pioneer's Stone

Pioneer's Stone from directly overhead

Pioneer's Stone is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 29 m. Big Bend Mountain stands 1,224 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Latourell, a ghost town 0.2 miles away. Historic Columbia River runs past it.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
In Memory of the Pioneers of Bridal Veil, Latourell, Palmer, and Brower 1930
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.53983, -122.22013

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Waterfalls
Peaks
  • Crown Point: 1.2 mi
  • Ross Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Chanticleer Point: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 2.4 mi
  • Pepper Mountain: 2.4 mi
Parks
  • Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint: 2.0 mi
  • Prindle Park: 4.2 mi
  • George Schmid Memorial Park: 5.4 mi
  • Mable Kerr Park: 5.5 mi
  • Hamllik Park: 5.5 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Quaytskin: 7.8 mi
  • Devoted Passion: 7.8 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 8.1 mi
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 10.4 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 12.2 mi
Attractions: 49
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 6.4 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 7.9 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 9.1 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 9.5 mi
  • Camas Potholes: 9.7 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 20
  • Wahkeena Picnic Site: 5.1 mi
  • Ainsworth Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 15.8 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 18.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 18
  • Ozone Wall: 1.9 mi
  • Farside: 2.1 mi
  • Cape Horn: 2.3 mi
  • Waespe Point: 7.3 mi
  • Broughton Bluff: 7.6 mi
Springs: 13
  • Wahkeena Spring: 5.1 mi
  • School District Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Cottonwood Beach: 6.0 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 7.9 mi
  • Swim beach: 11.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 18.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 14.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Pioneer's Stone. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big Bend MountainESE 107°1,224 m13.5 mi
Palmer PeakENE 78°1,222 m10.5 mi
Larch MountainE 96°1,202 m6.3 mi
Bluff MountainN 6°1,198.3 m14.1 mi
Nesmith PointENE 72°1,180.2 m10.8 mi
Mount TalapusE 83°1,178 m12.3 mi
Aschoff ButtesSE 127°1,159 m13.7 mi
Sherrard PointE 94°1,146 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4219:22
June solstice05:2120:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:3916:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144495559656560524439
Precip in11.18.88.97.55.24.10.91.23.27.812.412.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skamania Fish Hatchery, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9916142460

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