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Greenhorn Oregon Map

Explore Greenhorn, Oregon, with this interactive street and satellite map.

This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the official USGS topographic sheets — plus USGS aerial imagery, a labelled USNG grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below.

Interactive Map of Greenhorn, Oregon

How to Use This Greenhorn, Oregon Map

This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Greenhorn, Oregon. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture. Drag the map to pan to any area of Oregon or beyond.

Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).

TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the official USGS topographic maps from The National Map — contours, hydrography, land cover and shaded relief, the same mapping used for hiking, hunting and back-country navigation in the Adirondacks, the Catskills and the Finger Lakes. Imagery shows USGS aerial photography, mostly 1-metre NAIP. The search box finds any US town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Greenhorn.

Reading the map like a paper quad. Click Grid to overlay the U.S. National Grid (USNG), labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass.

Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a USNG grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — USNG being the format FEMA and US search and rescue teams work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.

City	Greenhorn
State	Oregon (OR)
County	Baker County
Country	United States of America
Timezone	Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles)

Latitude	44.70793
Longitude	-118.491336
Population	3
Density	13.5 /km²
Incorporated	Yes
ZIP Codes	97877, 97817
Area Code	541
County Seat	Baker City
School District	Burnt River School District 30J

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About Greenhorn, Oregon

Greenhorn is a locality in Baker County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 3. The population density is 13.5 people per km². Greenhorn is located at 44.7079°N, 118.4913°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. Greenhorn is an incorporated locality. ZIP codes: 97877, 97817.

Greenhorn emerges from the rugged, high-altitude folds of the Whitman National Forest, where the silence of the timber is broken only by the persistent, cold rush of Greenhorn Creek. It lies 32.6 miles west of Baker City, OR (from Baker City, OR: bearing 262°T), and is situated 46.9 miles south-southwest of La Grande. The air here holds a thin, metallic sharpness, circulating through the jagged shadows cast by the Blue Mountains that loom to the west like a serrated horizon. Just a mile away, the earth drops into the steep, shadowed basin of Ross Gulch, a terrain that demands a deliberate stride from any traveler. While the landscape feels eternal, the light at dusk paints the surrounding conifers in shades of bruised copper, casting long, skeletal fingers of shade across the uneven ground that leads toward Beaver Meadows.

Gold fever once defined the pulse of Greenhorn, leaving behind a scattering of weathered timber frames and the hollowed remnants of mining claims that speak to a harder, more frantic era of extraction. The economy has long since shifted away from the feverish scramble for ore, leaving the locality to exist in a quiet, seasonal rhythm dictated by the dense stands of the Whitman National Forest. Those who venture through this high country might follow the distant, winding path of Golars Goat Trail, finding a landscape that has largely returned to the quiet sovereignty of stone and pine. Life here remains tethered to the slow rotation of the seasons, where the primary labor is simply enduring the long, heavy winters that isolate the high ridges from the world below.

Nearby Outdoor Places

Umatilla National Forest (National Forest) — 0.5 mi, 323° NW · 1.4M acres
Vinegar Hill-Indian Rock Scenic Area (National Scenic Byway) — 0.6 mi, 278° W
Whitman National Forest (National Forest) — 0.6 mi, 349° N · 1.3M acres
North Fork John Day Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 1.0 mi, 328° NW · 121k acres
Clear And Granite Creeks Anadromous Fish Rehab. Area Anadromous Spawning Area (National Conservation Area) — 5.1 mi, 014° N · 1,152 acres
Bates State Park (Local Park) — 7.9 mi, 189° S
Granite Creek National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 9.4 mi, 354° N · 4 acres
Squaw Creek Methods Of Cutting Plots Experimental Research Area (Recreation Easement) — 10.3 mi, 158° S
North Fork John Day, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 11.4 mi, 353° N · 13k acres
North Fork John Day River-Granite Creek National Recreation Trail (National Trail) — 11.4 mi, 353° N · 27 acres
North Powder, Oregon Wild and Scenic River (Wild & Scenic River) — 17.6 mi, 049° NE · 2,124 acres
Mason Dam Viewpoint (Viewpoint) — 24.2 mi, 095° E
Strawberry Mountain Wilderness (Wilderness Area) — 26.0 mi, 197° S · 69k acres
Grant County Historical Museum (Museum) — 31.5 mi, 226° SW
Salt Lick (Public Artwork) — 32.8 mi, 082° E
45th Parallel (Monument) — 35.1 mi, 055° NE
Oregon Trail Historical Monument (Monument) — 37.4 mi, 079° E
French Cabin (Ruins) (Historic Ruins) — 38.6 mi, 188° S
Old La Grande Highschool marker (Monument) — 46.7 mi, 024° NE
Cedar Grove Botanical Area (Nature Reserve) — 49.0 mi, 239° SW
Phillip W. Schneider State Wildlife Area (Nature Reserve) — 56.0 mi, 240° SW
Blue Basin (Attraction) — 56.1 mi, 262° W
Ampitheatre (Theatre) — 57.4 mi, 001° N
Black Canyon East Trailhead (Attraction) — 58.9 mi, 244° SW
Tamastslikt Cultural Institute (Museum) — 65.9 mi, 353° N
Heritage Station Museum (Museum) — 68.0 mi, 348° N
Umatilla County Museum (Museum) — 68.0 mi, 348° N
Pendleton Underground Tour (Attraction) — 68.1 mi, 348° N
Pendleton Center for the Arts (Arts Centre) — 68.3 mi, 348° N
Little Alps Day Use Area (Attraction) — 73.5 mi, 058° NE

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