Wallowa County Museum
Wallowa County Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,283 m. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the south-southwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden Walk Bronze Monument, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 0.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
- 26.6 mi off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
- 27.3 mi off the Grande Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Valley Overlook · 6 mi
- Royal Purple Overlook · 7 mi
- Highlands Overlook · 7 mi
- Summit Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Joseph Knob: 4.1 mi
- Point Joseph: 4.7 mi
- Chief Joseph Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Hurricane Point: 4.9 mi
- Dug Peak: 5.3 mi
- Miner Spring: 8.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 9.0 mi
- Huckleberry Spring: 13.9 mi
- Standley Spring: 16.9 mi
- Bearwallow Spring: 18.7 mi
- Garden Walk Bronze Monument: 0.1 mi
- Running Raiders Bronze Monument: 0.1 mi
- Chief Joseph Bronze Monument: 0.2 mi
- He Who Thinks He's Invisible Bronze Monument: 0.2 mi
- Attitude Adjustment Bronze Monument: 0.2 mi
- Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 1.2 mi
- Wallowa Lake State Park: 4.6 mi
- Enterprise City Park: 5.6 mi
- Warde Park: 5.7 mi
- Chief Joseph Monument: 5.9 mi
- BC Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Wallowa Falls: 5.8 mi
- Slick Rock Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Ice Falls: 8.4 mi
- Hunter Falls: 8.6 mi
- Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 0.5 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 4.8 mi
- Little Alps Day Use Area: 5.8 mi
- Wades Point: 11.5 mi
- Deadman Point: 18.8 mi
- Granite Cliff: 19.4 mi
- All Around Cowboy: 0.1 mi
- Eagle: 5.7 mi
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 0.2 mi
- Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 0.4 mi
- Alder: 4.6 mi
- Cornucopia: 23.7 mi
- Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Wallowa County Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Peak | SSW 203° | 3,000 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hurwal Divide | SSW 195° | 2,980 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sacajawea-Matterhorn Ridge | SSW 202° | 2,979 m | 8.4 mi |
| Matterhorn | SSW 202° | 2,975 m | 9.1 mi |
| Aneroid Mountain | SSE 165° | 2,958.7 m | 10.5 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WSW 240° | 2,950 m | 6.4 mi |
| Point Joseph | SSW 199° | 2,933 m | 4.7 mi |
| Petes Point | S 178° | 2,932 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:56 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:20 | 16:09 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joseph, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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