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Veterans Memorial

Veterans Memorial from directly overhead

Veterans Memorial is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 381 m. Black Mountain stands 1,660 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Yellowhawk Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 124 VIC TRI CITIES TO 24 MILES WEST OF SR 129 VIC CLARKSTON passes 26 miles off. 83 named places lie within 25 miles, 28 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.66570, -118.66287
Around it

83 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 33
  • Wetlands Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Pendleton Little League Park: 5.0 mi
  • Kiwanis Park: 5.1 mi
  • Till Taylor Park: 5.7 mi
  • May Park: 5.7 mi
Peaks: 28
  • Emigrant Hill: 7.9 mi
  • Cabbage Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Table Rock: 9.0 mi
  • Pinchot Peak: 11.4 mi
  • Pilot Rock: 15.5 mi
Museums: 5
Rest areas: 3
  • Viewpoint, I-84 Eastbound: 5.9 mi
  • Deadman Pass Rest Area I-84 Westbound: 8.7 mi
  • Deadman Pass Rest Area I-84 Eastbound: 8.9 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Til Taylor: 5.7 mi
  • Statue of Madame Stella Darby: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Oregon Trail Picnic Area: 12.9 mi
  • Springs Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Wagon: 12.9 mi
  • Marie Dorion Monument: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • acajawea Spring: 24.4 mi
  • North Flat Spring: 24.4 mi
Gardens: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Pendleton Underground Tour: 6.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 104°1,660 m21.1 mi
Huckleberry MountainESE 112°1,564 m24.4 mi
Wilbur MountainESE 119°1,477 m23.3 mi
Round MountainE 94°1,444 m24.7 mi
Buck MountainE 87°1,418 m24.4 mi
The ShimmiehornE 92°1,372 m22.6 mi
Black Canyon ButteESE 110°1,356 m19.3 mi
Storm MountainS 170°1,355 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5818:2819:07
June solstice05:0620:0220:48
September equinox06:4218:1518:54
December solstice07:3315:2416:14

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353843495662716961504034
Precip in1.91.62.01.81.91.20.40.40.61.32.12.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pendleton Branch EXP STN, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13804990025

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