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Rolling Thunder and Toma Bronze Monument

Rolling Thunder and Toma Bronze Monument from directly overhead

Rolling Thunder and Toma Bronze Monument is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,274 m. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the south-southwest, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Tracking the Intruders Bronze Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Hells Canyon runs past it.

What the record says

Inscription
by Dave Manuel

How to reach it

Coordinates45.35524, -117.22977

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Joseph Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Hurricane Point: 5.0 mi
  • Point Joseph: 5.0 mi
  • Chief Joseph Mountain: 5.1 mi
  • Dug Peak: 5.5 mi
Springs: 13
  • Miner Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Cold Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Huckleberry Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Standley Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Bearwallow Spring: 18.5 mi
Parks: 7
  • Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Wallowa Lake State Park: 5.0 mi
  • Enterprise City Park: 5.4 mi
  • Warde Park: 5.4 mi
  • Chief Joseph Monument: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • BC Creek Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Wallowa Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Slick Rock Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Hunter Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Ice Falls: 8.8 mi
Museums: 3
  • Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 0.1 mi
  • Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 0.2 mi
  • Wallowa County Museum: 0.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 0.3 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
  • Little Alps Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Artworks: 2
  • All Around Cowboy: 0.2 mi
  • Eagle: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 9.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Rolling Thunder and Toma Bronze Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sacajawea PeakSSW 202°3,000 m8.2 mi
Hurwal DivideSSW 195°2,980 m6.8 mi
Sacajawea-Matterhorn RidgeSSW 201°2,979 m8.7 mi
MatterhornSSW 201°2,975 m9.4 mi
Aneroid MountainSSE 166°2,958.7 m10.8 mi
Twin PeaksWSW 238°2,950 m6.6 mi
Point JosephSSW 198°2,933 m5.0 mi
Petes PointS 178°2,932 m11.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2319:02
June solstice05:0219:5620:41
September equinox06:3718:0918:48
December solstice07:2615:2016:09

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936415056646557453426
Precip in1.31.11.41.92.61.90.90.71.11.41.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joseph, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5922543955

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