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The Merchant's Hotel

The Merchant's Hotel from directly overhead

The Merchant's Hotel is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Portland Walking Tours, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 7.4 miles off.

The story

hotel in Portland, Oregon

Dates from 1880.

Wikidata Q17021470, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

How to reach it

Coordinates45.52449, -122.67256

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Peaks
Museums: 53
Waterfalls: 29
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 3.6 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Singer Falls: 12.0 mi
Picnic sites: 24
Beaches: 14
  • Poet's Beach: 1.2 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.4 mi
  • North Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Lieser Point: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Waud Bluff: 4.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.6 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 18.8 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 21.3 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.1 miles of The Merchant's Hotel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainNE 44°679 m20.8 mi
Livingston MountainNE 54°595 m18.2 mi
Spud MountainNE 53°576 m19.2 mi
Bald PeakWSW 245°497 m20.6 mi
Dixie MountainNW 315°490 m17.1 mi
Little BaldyNE 51°437 m17.0 mi
Cornell MountainW 272°392 m3.9 mi
Parrett MountainSW 215°381 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:23
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548535963697065554742
Precip in6.44.74.83.62.61.50.40.51.64.06.67.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4514993482

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