Kam Wah Chung Company Building
Kam Wah Chung Company Building is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 937 m. Strawberry Mountain stands 2,754 m to the east-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hill Family Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Journey Through Time runs past it.
The story
The Kam Wah Chung & Co. Museum, also known as Kam Wah Chung Company Building, is a state park and a National Historic Landmark that preserves early Chinese culture in John Day in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in the 1865 by George Hazeltine as a supply depot or stagecoach stop along the Dalles-Canyon City wagon road., it is the best-preserved example of a Chinese herbal apothecary and mercantile establishment dating to the post-Civil War period of growth in the Western United States.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1866.
Wikidata Q6355158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1865
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- On the Journey Through Time
Named places within 25 miles
- Rebel Hill: 2.6 mi
- Eagle Peak: 3.2 mi
- Bald Hill: 3.8 mi
- Little Canyon Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Miller Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Long Gulch Springs: 1.0 mi
- Long Gulch Springs: 1.0 mi
- Long Gulch Springs: 1.0 mi
- Long Gulch Springs: 1.0 mi
- Gleason Spring: 2.5 mi
- Hill Family Park: 0.2 mi
- 7th Street Park Complex: 0.4 mi
- John Day Community Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Mount Vernon Park: 7.6 mi
- Prairie City Park: 12.5 mi
- Dixie: 20.3 mi
- Galena: 21.3 mi
- Susanville: 22.1 mi
- Clyde Holliday State Recreation Site: 6.7 mi
- Cedar Grove Botanical Area: 19.6 mi
- Emergency Point: 11.7 mi
- Coyote Bluff: 21.2 mi
- Grant County Historical Museum: 2.1 mi
- Strawberry Falls: 15.5 mi
- Carter Rest Area: 19.6 mi
- Susanville 3 Stamp Mill Site: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Kam Wah Chung Company Building. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strawberry Mountain | ESE 122° | 2,754 m | 14.0 mi |
| Slide Mountain | ESE 115° | 2,604.2 m | 17.3 mi |
| Indian Spring Butte | SE 125° | 2,600 m | 15.8 mi |
| Rabbit Ears | ESE 123° | 2,576.779 m | 16.2 mi |
| Canyon Mountain | SSE 150° | 2,438.095 m | 6.6 mi |
| Pine Creek Mountain | SE 136° | 2,411 m | 10.1 mi |
| Indian Creek Butte | SE 131° | 2,381 m | 12.6 mi |
| Green Mountain | SE 143° | 2,323.49 m | 7.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:12 | 20:00 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:17 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:32 | 16:20 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 34 | 39 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.6 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — John DAY, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 73001575OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/721243720
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