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Goldendale Observatory

Goldendale Observatory from directly overhead

Goldendale Observatory is a park in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 640 m. Indian Rock stands 1,774 m to the north, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Observatory Hill State Park, a park 0.3 miles away. OREGON BORDER TO JCT SR 82 VIC UNION GAP passes 0.7 miles off. 166 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.83871, -120.81529

Overlooks nearby

Around it

166 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
Parks: 37
  • Observatory Hill State Park: 0.3 mi
  • Little Klickitat River Disc Golf Course and Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ekone Park: 0.9 mi
  • Little Klickitat River Park: 0.9 mi
  • Klickitat County Fairgrounds: 1.2 mi
Springs: 32
  • Gilen Water Springs: 7.4 mi
  • Counts Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Henderson Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Robertson Springs: 13.4 mi
  • Robertson Springs: 13.5 mi
Nature reserves: 10
Museums: 10
Historic sites: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • The Slide: 11.0 mi
  • Celilo Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Rattlesnake Rim: 16.8 mi
  • Apocalypse Needles: 17.3 mi
  • Gordon Cliffs: 18.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Skatepark Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Eightmile Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Tumwater Falls: 19.6 mi
  • Tumwater Falls: 19.7 mi
  • Outlet Falls: 21.2 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Maryhill Overlook: 11.3 mi
  • Missive: 11.4 mi
  • Rebohoth: 11.4 mi
  • Brushing: 11.4 mi
  • Lyle sign: 24.3 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Gardens: 2
  • William & Catherine Dickson Sculpture Park: 11.3 mi
  • Vogt Fountain: 24.9 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 19.4 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Rock Creek Longhouse: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian RockN 358°1,774 m10.4 mi
Simcoe MountainN 5°1,658 m11.7 mi
Potato ButteNNW 346°1,579 m12.8 mi
Stagman ButteN 350°1,575 m15.4 mi
Castle RockN 359°1,520 m13.1 mi
Simcoe ButteNNE 25°1,459 m12.4 mi
Lone Pine ButteNE 50°1,438.7 m16.1 mi
Sheep ButteNNW 347°1,349 m18.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3719:16
June solstice05:1420:1220:58
September equinox06:5118:2319:03
December solstice07:4215:3216:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313541465460686860483730
Precip in2.81.81.61.11.00.60.10.20.41.42.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Goldendale, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Cornflower19 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard9 obs
  • Oregon oak9 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill5 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine4 obs
  • chicory4 obs
  • creeping thistle4 obs
  • Arrowleaf Buckwheat4 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/398004958

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