Rolling Thunder and Toma Bronze Monument
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
- On the Hells Canyon, National
- 26.7 mi off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.5 mi off the Grande Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- Royal Purple Overlook · 7 mi
- Highlands Overlook · 7 mi
- Summit Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 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
- 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
- Tracking the Intruders Bronze Monument: 0.0 mi
- He Who Thinks He's Invisible Bronze Monument: 0.1 mi
- Attitude Adjustment Bronze Monument: 0.1 mi
- Spirit of Joseph Bronze Monument: 0.1 mi
- Chief Joseph Bronze Monument: 0.1 mi
- 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
- 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
- Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 0.1 mi
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 0.2 mi
- Wallowa County Museum: 0.3 mi
- Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 0.3 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
- Little Alps Day Use Area: 6.1 mi
- Wades Point: 11.2 mi
- Deadman Point: 19.1 mi
- Granite Cliff: 19.7 mi
- All Around Cowboy: 0.2 mi
- Eagle: 5.4 mi
- Alder: 4.4 mi
- Cornucopia: 24.0 mi
- 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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Peak | SSW 202° | 3,000 m | 8.2 mi |
| Hurwal Divide | SSW 195° | 2,980 m | 6.8 mi |
| Sacajawea-Matterhorn Ridge | SSW 201° | 2,979 m | 8.7 mi |
| Matterhorn | SSW 201° | 2,975 m | 9.4 mi |
| Aneroid Mountain | SSE 166° | 2,958.7 m | 10.8 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WSW 238° | 2,950 m | 6.6 mi |
| Point Joseph | SSW 198° | 2,933 m | 5.0 mi |
| Petes Point | S 178° | 2,932 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:56 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:20 | 16:09 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joseph, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5922543955
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