Poor Farm Cemetery Memorial
Poor Farm Cemetery Memorial is a historic site in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 245 m. Table Rock stands 1,904 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic Poor Farm Cemetery, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.
The story
Cemetery in Walla Walla County, Washington, United States.
Wikidata Q117690308, matched on coordinates and name (29 m apart).
What the record says
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Three large stone monuments marking some of the names of the nearly 600 people buried at the historic Walla Walla Poor Farm Cemetery in College Place, Washington.
What to expect
How to reach it
116 named places within 25 miles
- Historic Poor Farm Cemetery: 0.0 mi
- Harvest Meadows Park: 0.2 mi
- Perseverance Park: 0.3 mi
- Lions City Park: 0.4 mi
- Kiwanis Park: 0.9 mi
- Columbia Heights: 7.4 mi
- Milton Hill: 8.8 mi
- Bowlus Hill: 9.1 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 10.0 mi
- Pikes Peak: 10.5 mi
- Russell Spring: 13.6 mi
- Sheep Spring: 15.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.5 mi
- Cub Spring: 18.0 mi
- Deduct Spring: 20.4 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 1.0 mi
- World War II Memorial: 1.1 mi
- J. M. Wainwright Memorial Statue: 1.5 mi
- Maddy's Memorial: 2.4 mi
- Alice Whitman Memorial: 4.1 mi
- Jesus Among Us: 1.0 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 2.2 mi
- Styx sculpture by Deborah Butterfield: 3.4 mi
- Fort Walla Walla Museum: 1.1 mi
- Frazier Farmstead and Museum: 7.8 mi
- Bruce Memorial Museum: 19.3 mi
- Arthur C. Rempel Nature Area: 1.2 mi
- Mill Creek Watershed: 19.3 mi
- Rainwater Wildlife Area: 22.4 mi
- Whitman Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Brushes N' Brix: 6.1 mi
- Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 19.0 mi
- Italian Garden: 1.0 mi
- Prayer Garden: 1.0 mi
- Gorman: 16.1 mi
- Table Rock: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Poor Farm Cemetery Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Rock | E 91° | 1,904 m | 22.3 mi |
| Milk Shakes | E 98° | 1,848 m | 21.7 mi |
| Wenaha Peak | E 91° | 1,820 m | 23.3 mi |
| Deadman Peak | E 84° | 1,765 m | 21.1 mi |
| Yellow Jacket Point | ESE 116° | 1,751 m | 20.1 mi |
| Griffin Peak | E 80° | 1,727 m | 22.6 mi |
| McIntyre | SE 142° | 1,616 m | 20.3 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SE 138° | 1,599 m | 23.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:02 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:41 | 18:13 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:21 | 16:11 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 35 | 38 | 45 | 51 | 58 | 65 | 72 | 71 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Whitman Mission, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/12898398527
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- Walla Walla · 3 mi
- Milton-Freewater · 7 mi
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