Fairbanks
in Wasco County of Oregon, United States
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Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field (69 mi) - Portland International Airport (77 mi)
- Roberts Field (95 mi)
- Vista Field (95 mi)
- Tri Cities Airport (101 mi)
- Sunriver Airport (123 mi)
- Seattle Tacoma International Airport (141 mi)
- Boeing Field King County International Airport (145 mi)
- Goldendale Golf Club (Golf course, 17 mi)
- Port of The Dalles Marina Boat Ramp (marina, (8 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 45.624 and -121.002 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 45° 37' 26" and W -121° 0' 7"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:57 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: America/Los_Angeles
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:28 am and 4:20 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -49.350 and 70.217 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Port-aux-Francais - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Fairbanks
Fairbanks in Wasco County (Oregon) is a town located in United States about 2,266 mi (or 3,647 km) west of Washington DC, the country's capital town.
Time in Fairbanks is now 08:57 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named America / Los Angeles with an UTC offset of -8 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Fairbanks, of which 3 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Yakima Air Terminal McAllister Field in a distance of 69 mi (or 111 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
Also, if you like the game of golf, there is an option about 17 mi (or 28 km). away. We saw 1 points of interest near this location.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: The Dalles, Goldendale, Moro, Hood River and Stevenson. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 5°C / 41 °F
| Morning Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 2°C / 35 °F |
| Night Temperature | 1°C / 33 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 53% |
| Air Pressure | 1030 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from West |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Tuesday, 3rd of December 2024
5°C (41 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Sky is clear, light breeze, clear sky.
Wednesday, 4th of December 2024
5°C (40 °F)
4°C (39 °F)
Overcast clouds, calm.
Thursday, 5th of December 2024
7°C (44 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Broken clouds, calm.
Videos from this area
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Amtrak 27 Passing Wishram
Shot from the lead passenger car as Amtrak's Portland section of the Eastbound Empire Builder passes Wishram.
BNSF in the Columbia River Gorge
Join Penn Rail Videos as we bring you our final video from the Pacific Northwestern region of America. Over the course of several days in September of 2014, Penn Rail Videos spent time along...
4449 (Oct 20, 2009)
Click here to skip ahead to the 4449 --▻ 3:07 The first couple minutes are of random freight train movements through the Gorge (both sides). Following the SP4449 from Wishram, WA to...
BN(SF) local
Please set to high quality! A local train plying the rails of the old SP&S returns to it's home base of Wishram behind a GP39E, it's Leslie S3K piercing through the early morning fog. If...
BNSF-Oregon Trunk Subdivision
BNSF southbound mixed Freight on the Oregon trunk Subdivision at Celilo Village, OR. It's Dusk, and my Camera was going in and out of focus, but not bad enough to spoil the Video. This Train...
White Water Rafting, Deschutes Oregon
White Water Rafting with my friends and family, in the Deschutes River Oregon. Action Battles 2013.
60M's on the Fallbridge
Some older BNSF units that had previously been in storage are starting to come back online now. Witness here, an eastbound manifest at Cook WA with two SD60M's on the point, and a westbound...
Union Pacific Grainer
Eastbound Union Pacific Grainer on the Portland Subdivision at Celilo Park, OR. This is along the south side of the Columbia River. There was a noticeable increase in Rail Traffic sinc our...
Gorge Windsurfing Action 2010
Lots of action in 2 minutes of visual simulation; synchronized to Lady Gaga's "Telephone"; created by Ben Thompson.
Seattle to Essex, Part 2- Portland to Pasco, July 2010
In part 2 of the Seattle to Essex, Montana trip, we catch the Portland section of the Empire Builder and traverse the Columbia River gorge. Mostly shot from the rear sleeper of the train, we...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Celilo Falls
Celilo Falls (Wyam, meaning "echo of falling water" or "sound of water upon the rocks," in several native languages) was a tribal fishing area on the Columbia River, just east of the Cascade Mountains, on what is today the border between the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. The name refers to a series of cascades and waterfalls on the river, as well as to the native settlements and trading villages that existed there in various configurations for 15,000 years.
Celilo Village, Oregon
Celilo Village, Oregon is an unincorporated Native American community on the Columbia River in northeastern Wasco County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is near Lake Celilo, the former site of Celilo Falls; it is just south of the community of Wishram, Washington, across the Columbia River. In 2003 about 100 permanent residents lived in 14 dwellings. The site was once a major cultural and trading center, until Celilo Falls was inundated by The Dalles Dam in 1957.
Wishram (Amtrak station)
Wishram, Washington is a station stop for the Amtrak Empire Builder in Wishram, Washington. The station, parking, track, and platforms are owned by BNSF Railway.
Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge
The Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge or Celilo Bridge is a railroad bridge built in 1912 over the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. It consists of eight steel truss spans and several deck girder spans, and includes a vertical-lift section. The bridge was designed by the engineering firm of Waddell & Harrington. It is part of the Wishram, Washington to Bend, Oregon line of the BNSF Railway (formerly the Oregon Trunk line of the Spokane, Portland and Seattle Railway).
Fairbanks, Oregon
Fairbanks is an unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. It is about 12 miles east of The Dalles, just south of U.S. Route 30/Interstate 84, near Fifteenmile Creek. Fairbanks was established in 1905 as a station on the Great Southern Railroad. It was named for Charles W. Fairbanks, then newly elected vice president under Theodore Roosevelt. Fairbanks post office was established in 1905 and ran until 1909, when it closed out to Freebridge.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Fairbanks.
Celilo Village: I-84 at Celilo, Celilo Village (source)
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