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WWII Underground Hospital

WWII Underground Hospital from directly overhead

WWII Underground Hospital is a historic site in Alaska, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Makushin Volcano stands 1,811 m to the west, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is WWII JIN Crater, a attraction 0.2 miles away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Historic hospital bunker built into the hillside now exposed.

What to expect

Operated by
Ounalashka Corporation

How to reach it

Coordinates53.88365, -166.54379

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.2 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.2 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.2 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.2 mi
  • WWII JIN Crater: 0.2 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Strawberry Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Hill 200: 0.5 mi
  • Haystack Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Bunker Hill Peak: 0.8 mi
Historic sites: 17
Parks: 6
  • Sitka Spruce Park: 0.3 mi
  • Expedition Park: 0.5 mi
  • Town Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tutiakoff Field: 1.0 mi
  • Unalaska Memorial Park: 1.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Artworks: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Glass Beach: 0.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Makushin VolcanoW 271°1,811 m15.0 mi
Table Top MountainNW 317°829 m8.2 mi
Lofty MountainENE 66°695 m10.5 mi
Pyramid PeakS 175°651 m2.6 mi
Mount Marshall ReeseWNW 302°596 m13.2 mi
Elizabeth PeakSSW 205°590 m6.3 mi
Sugarloaf ConeW 280°581 m11.1 mi
Red Cinder DomeWNW 294°574 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox09:0920:3321:20
June solstice06:3522:4323:42
September equinox08:5320:2021:06
December solstice10:2316:3717:47

Local time (America/Nome).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jul–Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333434374247525449433835
Precip in6.85.24.63.54.22.52.32.95.77.96.77.9

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/747397967

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