Depot Rail Museum
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Depot Rail Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Pacific Railcar, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Hood runs past it.
The story
The Depot Rail Museum is a museum in Troutdale, Oregon, United States. The building houses the Gateway to the Gorge Visitor Center.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q113580280, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Troutdale Historical Society
- Fee
- donation
How to reach it
- On the Mount Hood, National
- 0.4 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 3.9 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 12.7 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Crown point · 7 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Cigar Rock View · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mayor's Square: 0.2 mi
- Helen Althaus Park: 0.4 mi
- Glenn Otto Park: 0.4 mi
- Weedin Park: 0.6 mi
- Kiku Park: 0.9 mi
- Devoted Passion: 0.3 mi
- Bald Eagle: 2.5 mi
- Quaytskin: 2.6 mi
- Fine Tuned Tulle: 3.5 mi
- Rockwood Sunrise: 4.4 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 1.1 mi
- Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
- Natural Discovery Garden: 3.5 mi
- Gresham City Hall Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Thom Park Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Fairview Woods Wetlands Park: 2.0 mi
- Pettijohn Park: 2.2 mi
- Columbia Shoreline: 2.3 mi
- Arrow Creek Conservation Easement: 3.2 mi
- Columbia Slough Regional Water Quality Facility: 3.8 mi
- Chamberlain Hill: 2.1 mi
- Woodburn Hill: 4.1 mi
- Prune Hill: 4.5 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 4.6 mi
- Walters Hill: 4.6 mi
- Peace Pole: 2.6 mi
- Nichaqwli Monument: 3.7 mi
- Heroes Memorial & Tribute: 3.7 mi
- Boring Vietnam War Memorial: 7.7 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 7.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 3.9 mi
- Woodburn Falls: 4.0 mi
- Pothole Falls: 4.1 mi
- Upper Latourell Falls: 7.9 mi
- Latourell Falls: 8.1 mi
- Union Pacific Railcar: 0.0 mi
- McMenamins Edgefield: 1.2 mi
- Camas Potholes: 4.0 mi
- North American Bigfoot Center: 7.8 mi
- Jerry's Car Barn: 8.4 mi
- Harlow House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Barn Exhibit Hall: 0.2 mi
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 10.5 mi
- Sandy Historical Society: 11.7 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 12.0 mi
- Picnic Area B: 10.2 mi
- Picnic Area A: 10.4 mi
- Picnic Area D: 11.7 mi
- Picnic Area E: 11.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 11.8 mi
- Broughton Bluff: 0.4 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Ozone Wall: 8.6 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.7 mi
- Sandy River Beach: 0.2 mi
- Cottonwood Beach: 2.8 mi
- Sandy Swimming Hole: 3.4 mi
- Swim beach: 3.4 mi
- Lieser Point: 10.6 mi
- School District Spring: 7.5 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 12.7 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 18.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 20.0 mi
- Tanner Spring: 23.2 mi
- Latourell: 8.1 mi
- Bridal Veil: 10.3 mi
- Fulton: 14.7 mi
- Dodson: 17.4 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 22.9 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 16.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Depot Rail Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Star Mountain | NNE 26° | 1,337 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sturgeon Rock | NNE 25° | 1,267 m | 15.8 mi |
| Larch Mountain | E 93° | 1,202 m | 14.2 mi |
| Little Baldy | NNE 31° | 1,201 m | 16.7 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 34° | 1,198.3 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sherrard Point | E 92° | 1,146 m | 14.4 mi |
| Pyramid Rock | NNE 25° | 1,091 m | 14.8 mi |
| Larch Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,057 m | 12.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:40 | 16:29 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 58 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 54 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 6.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.2 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 4.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troutdale, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13521068040
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