Avery Pit

Avery Pit is a quarry in Klickitat, Washington. Avery Pit is situated nearby to the park Avery Recreation Area, as well as near the islet Browns Island.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Celilo Falls and Wishram station.

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. Celilo Falls is situated 2 miles southeast of Avery Pit.

Wishram station

Railway station

Photo: Williamborg, Public domain.

Wishram is a train station in Wishram, Washington, served by Amtrak's Empire Builder line. The station consists of a platform adjacent to a modern prefabricated building that contains BNSF offices. Wishram station is situated 2½ miles east of Avery Pit.

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. Oregon Trunk Rail Bridge is situated 2 miles southeast of Avery Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wishram and Celilo Village.

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. Wishram is situated 2½ miles east of Avery Pit.

Celilo Village

Village

Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.

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. Celilo Village is situated 2½ miles southeast of Avery Pit.

Avery Pit

Type: Quarry
Category: industry
Location: Klickitat, Washington, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.66151° or 45° 39′ 41″ north

Longitude

-121.01531° or 121° 0′ 55″ west

Open location code

84QWMX6M+JV

OpenStreetMap ID

way 258708769

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Avery Recreation Area and Browns Island.

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