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Aneroid Mountain

Aneroid Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Aneroid Mountain rises to 2,959 m in Oregon. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the west-northwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 4.9 miles off.

The story

Aneroid Mountain is a 9,662-foot (2,945 m) peak in the Wallowa Mountains, in Wallowa County, Oregon in the United States. It is located in the McCully Basin within the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa National Forest, about 15 miles (24 km) south of Joseph.

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Wikidata Q39046227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2958.7 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.20306, -117.17496

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Lookout Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Aneroid Mountain North: 1.6 mi
  • West Aneroid Peak: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Melissa: 2.2 mi
  • East Peak: 2.3 mi
Parks: 8
  • Wallowa Lake State Park: 5.9 mi
  • Wayside Springs Forest Camp: 8.7 mi
  • Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Enterprise City Park: 16.1 mi
  • Warde Park: 16.2 mi
Springs: 8
  • Miner Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Cold Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Brant Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Huckleberry Spring: 22.0 mi
  • Standley Spring: 23.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Ice Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Wallowa Falls: 4.9 mi
  • BC Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Slick Rock Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Hunter Falls: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Little Alps Day Use Area: 4.9 mi
  • Riverside Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
  • Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 11.0 mi
Cliffs: 3
Museums: 3
  • Wallowa County Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 10.7 mi
  • Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 11.0 mi
Artworks: 2
  • All Around Cowboy: 10.7 mi
  • Eagle: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 17.6 mi
  • Halfway Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
Beaches: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Aneroid Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sacajawea PeakWNW 297°3,000 m6.4 mi
Hurwal DivideNW 312°2,980 m5.9 mi
Sacajawea-Matterhorn RidgeWNW 292°2,979 m6.2 mi
MatterhornWNW 286°2,975 m6.3 mi
Twin PeaksNW 310°2,950 m10.8 mi
Point JosephNW 324°2,933 m7.1 mi
Petes PointWSW 246°2,932 m2.4 mi
Chief Joseph MountainNW 323°2,929 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5318:2219:01
June solstice05:0219:5520:41
September equinox06:3618:0918:48
December solstice07:2515:2116:10

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F272936415056646557453426
Precip in1.31.11.41.92.61.90.90.71.11.41.41.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joseph, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1137218 — Aneroid Mountain, Wallowa County, Oregon.

OpenStreetMap element node/357306430

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