Fairbanks Gap

Fairbanks Gap is a mountain saddle in Wasco, Oregon and has an elevation of 682 feet. Fairbanks Gap is situated nearby to the locality Dillion, as well as near the hamlet Avery.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Celilo Falls and Fairbanks.

Celilo Falls

Cliff

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Celilo Falls 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.

Fairbanks

Dwelling

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.

Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge or Celilo Bridge is a single-track railroad bridge opened in 1912 over the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest of the United States.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Celilo Village and Wishram.

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.

Wishram

Village

Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.

Wishram is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Klickitat County, Washington, United States. The population was 366 at the 2020 census.

Fairbanks Gap

Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 682 feet
Category: landform
Location: Wasco, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.63402° or 45° 38′ 3″ north

Longitude

-121.01041° or 121° 0′ 38″ west

Elevation

682 feet (208 metres)

Open location code

84QWJXMQ+JR

OpenStreetMap ID

node 10171402798

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=saddle

GeoNames ID

5725989

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