It overlooks the Columbia River gorge with high mountains to the south and north
so it never sees a solstice sunrise or sunset. The sun is in the west in all of these photos
to give those with an interest an orientation. The monument is actually 4 degrees out of alignment
because when it was built, its significance as an astronomical tool was not yet known,
and precise alignment was not seen as critical.

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The plaques you see on the walls honor World War I war dead - from the small county where the monument is located. Our car experiences its first astronomical convergence.
As you can see, this is not a tourist hot spot. - Its isolated location surely doesn't help its draw. Looking west from the Stonehenge replica. - The bridge crosses over to Oregon. The cliffs across the river are in Oregon. - The foreground is in Washington. Heading west, and now back in Oregon, - we enter the Columbia Gorge to view its waterfalls.
Multanomah Falls, the most famous of the falls along the Columbia Gorge An arched bridge crosses in front of Multanomah Falls.

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