Government Mountain
Government Mountain rises to 1,122 m in Oregon. Table Rock stands 1,904 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Russell Spring, a spring 4.0 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 27 miles off. 150 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
The story
Mountain in Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49032520, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,122 m
How to reach it
- 27.2 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
150 named places within 25 miles
- Saddle Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Blalock Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Pikes Peak: 5.0 mi
- Lincton Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Bowlus Hill: 5.5 mi
- Harris Park: 5.4 mi
- Marie Dorion Park: 8.5 mi
- Freewater Park: 9.2 mi
- Orchard Park: 9.2 mi
- Yantis Park: 9.9 mi
- Russell Spring: 4.0 mi
- Cub Spring: 5.7 mi
- Sheep Spring: 9.0 mi
- Deadman Spring: 9.5 mi
- Whisky Spring: 9.7 mi
- Marie Dorion Monument: 8.6 mi
- Poor Farm Cemetery Memorial: 12.3 mi
- Vietnam Memorial: 12.5 mi
- J. M. Wainwright Memorial Statue: 12.5 mi
- World War II Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Table Rock: 15.6 mi
- Dutch Point: 22.5 mi
- Dikes North: 22.6 mi
- Mega Dike: 22.8 mi
- Weeping Wall: 23.0 mi
- Frazier Farmstead and Museum: 9.1 mi
- Fort Walla Walla Museum: 12.6 mi
- Bruce Memorial Museum: 24.6 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 12.5 mi
- Styx sculpture by Deborah Butterfield: 12.8 mi
- Jesus Among Us: 13.3 mi
- Mill Creek Watershed: 12.6 mi
- Arthur C. Rempel Nature Area: 12.7 mi
- Rainwater Wildlife Area: 21.4 mi
- Brushes N' Brix: 12.7 mi
- Whitman Memorial: 15.7 mi
- Waitsburg Fairgrounds: 24.1 mi
- Italian Garden: 12.5 mi
- Prayer Garden: 13.3 mi
- Gorman: 16.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Government Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table Rock | ENE 59° | 1,904 m | 15.6 mi |
| Milk Shakes | ENE 66° | 1,848 m | 13.7 mi |
| Wenaha Peak | ENE 61° | 1,820 m | 16.4 mi |
| Round Butte | ENE 76° | 1,800 m | 16.0 mi |
| Deadman Peak | NE 49° | 1,765 m | 16.1 mi |
| Yellow Jacket Point | E 93° | 1,751 m | 9.0 mi |
| Fuzzy Butte | NE 56° | 1,732 m | 22.8 mi |
| Twin Buttes | ENE 67° | 1,729 m | 22.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:57 | 18:26 | 19:05 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 20:01 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:40 | 18:13 | 18:52 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 15:21 | 16:11 |
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 | 37 | 41 | 48 | 54 | 62 | 68 | 77 | 76 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Milton Freewater, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357292256
Day trips start here
- Milton-Freewater · 10 mi
- Walla Walla · 12 mi
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