Fort Dalles Museum and Anderson Homestead
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Fort Dalles Museum and Anderson Homestead is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 98 m. Cold Point stands 1,637 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Rorick House Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Historic Columbia River passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
museum in The Dalles, Oregon, USA
Dates from 1905.
Wikidata Q50627401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 3.7 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 8.2 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC LYLE TO JCT SR 97 VIC GOLDENDALE
- 15.3 mi off the JCT SR 14 VIC BINGEN TO SKAMANIA COUNTY LINE
Overlooks nearby
- Ice Age Floods Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Rowena Crest Overlook · 8 mi
- Memaloose Overlook · 10 mi
- Panorama Point Vista House · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sorosis Park: 0.4 mi
- Treaty Oak Park: 0.5 mi
- City Park: 0.6 mi
- Thompson Park: 0.7 mi
- Lewis and Clark Festival Park: 0.9 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 0.4 mi
- End of the Oregon Trail Landmark: 0.6 mi
- Wishram Indian Village: 5.5 mi
- Victor Trevitt Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Bingen Speed Rock: 14.5 mi
- Thornton Spring: 3.1 mi
- Gooseberry Spring: 3.4 mi
- Taylor Spring: 3.6 mi
- Marsh Spring: 3.7 mi
- Wetle Spring: 4.6 mi
- Signal Hill: 5.4 mi
- Sevenmile Hill: 5.6 mi
- Horsethief Butte: 6.2 mi
- Wasco Butte: 6.8 mi
- McCall Point: 7.2 mi
- Lyle sign: 7.7 mi
- Mosier Totem Pole: 11.4 mi
- Catch the Spirit: 16.4 mi
- Splash: 16.5 mi
- Swan Song: 16.5 mi
- Chenoweth Rim: 2.3 mi
- Eagle Caves: 2.6 mi
- Chenoweth Rim: 2.7 mi
- Crates Point: 4.5 mi
- Windy Point: 5.2 mi
- Cushing Falls: 3.9 mi
- Eightmile Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Mosier Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Lower Labyrinth Falls: 11.8 mi
- Labyrinth Falls: 12.0 mi
- Four Sisters Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Mill Creek Ridge Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Mt. Ulka Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Dillacort Creek (CLT): 10.2 mi
- Dillacort Ridge (CLT): 10.7 mi
- Rorick House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Old St. Peter's Landmark: 0.7 mi
- First Wasco County Courthouse: 0.7 mi
- National Neon Sign Museum: 0.8 mi
- Columbia Gorge Discovery Center: 4.1 mi
- Vogt Fountain: 0.4 mi
- Tom's Learning Garden: 15.4 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 15.6 mi
- Clara's Garden: 16.4 mi
- Lela Hudson Memorial Garden: 16.7 mi
- Ortley: 6.0 mi
- Boyd: 9.3 mi
- Miller: 15.1 mi
- Friend: 17.5 mi
- Thornberry: 21.1 mi
- Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 5.6 mi
- Beavertail Recreation Site: 21.7 mi
- Oakbrook Recreation Site: 22.0 mi
- Pine Tree Recreation Site: 22.3 mi
- Buckhollow Recreation Site: 24.3 mi
- Rock Creek Beach: 11.8 mi
- Koberg Beach: 15.5 mi
- Marina Beach: 17.0 mi
- Slackwater Beach: 17.2 mi
- Windboarding Beachhead: 18.2 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Westbound: 9.7 mi
- Chamberlain Lake Safety Rest Area: 9.7 mi
- Memaloose Park Rest Area Eastbound: 9.8 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 16.3 mi
- SA Kitesurf Adventures: 8.3 mi
- The Henderson Monument: 16.9 mi
- Wet Planet Rafting: 19.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Fort Dalles Museum and Anderson Homestead. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cold Point | SW 217° | 1,637 m | 22.3 mi |
| Eightmile Point | SW 221° | 1,600 m | 21.0 mi |
| Perry Point | SW 227° | 1,503 m | 19.5 mi |
| Mill Creek Buttes | WSW 237° | 1,497.48 m | 18.8 mi |
| Marion Point | SW 219° | 1,461 m | 20.7 mi |
| Bulo Point | SW 221° | 1,456 m | 20.4 mi |
| Jordan Butte | SSW 210° | 1,453 m | 20.7 mi |
| Fivemile Butte | SW 226° | 1,416 m | 18.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:12 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:25 | 19:04 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:35 | 16:24 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 46 | 52 | 60 | 66 | 73 | 73 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 1.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — THE Dalles, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/571087232
Day trips start here
- The Dalles · 1 mi
- Dufur · 10 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 15 mi
- Hood River · 17 mi
- Mount Hood · 18 mi
- Goldendale · 24 mi
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