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The Oregon Short Line Railroad came to Baker City in 1884, prompting growth; by 1900 it was the largest city between Salt Lake City and Portland and a trading center for a broad region. [1] In 1910, Baker City residents voted to shorten the name of the city to simply Baker, the name change becoming official in 1911; Another vote in 1989 ...
The highest village on Tutuila island (and American Samoa) is the village of A'oloau [3] — A'oloau is at an elevation of 1,340 feet (410 meters), [2] and had a population of 615 as of 2010. [4] The highest peak in American Samoa is Lata Mountain at an elevation of 3,163 feet (964 meters). [ 5 ]
Located in northeastern Oregon west of Baker City, [3] the highest point in the range is Rock Creek Butte at 9,106 feet (2,776 m) above sea level. [1] The Elkhorn Mountains are partly within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest and the North Fork John Day Wilderness. [1] [4] Anthony Lakes ski area is in the range, west of North Powder.
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. [2] [3] The first table below ranks the 30 highest major summits of Oregon by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.
The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1,000 m [3,300 ft]) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
Near the cities of La Grande and Baker City, the resort has one triple chairlift and a vertical drop of 900 feet (274 m). Its summit elevation is 8,000 feet (2,438 m) above sea level and the terrain is mostly of an intermediate and expert level.
Oregon's highest point is the summit of Mount Hood, at 11,249 feet (3,429 m), and its lowest point is the sea level of the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon Coast. [2] Oregon's mean elevation is 3,300 feet (1,006 m). Crater Lake National Park, the state's only national park, is the site of the deepest lake in the United States at 1,943 feet (592 m ...
Map of Baker County. Baker County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 16,668. [1] The county seat and largest city is Baker City. [2] The county was organized on September 22, 1862, when a portion of Wasco County was partitioned off.