Editing Granite, Oregon (section)

== Geography ==
Granite is in the [[Blue Mountains (Pacific Northwest)|Blue Mountains]] of eastern Oregon.<ref name="Infrastructure Authority">{{cite web|title=Granite Community Profile|url=http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Granite/|publisher=Oregon Infrastructure Finance Authority|year=2009|access-date=July 27, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228051430/http://www.orinfrastructure.org/profiles/Granite/|archive-date=December 28, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is {{convert|47|mi|km}} west of [[Baker City, Oregon|Baker City]] by highway and {{convert|346|mi|km}} east-southeast of [[Portland, Oregon|Portland]].<ref name="Infrastructure Authority"/> According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|0.37|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, all land.<ref name ="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=U.S. Gazetteer: 2010, 2000, and 1990|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/maps-data/data/gazetteer.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=July 26, 2013}}</ref>

The Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway, a {{convert|106|mi|km|adj=on}} closed-loop route mainly through forests in the [[Elkhorn Mountains (Oregon)|Elkhorn Mountains]], passes through Granite. Other communities along the route are Baker City, [[Haines, Oregon|Haines]], and [[Sumpter, Oregon|Sumpter]],<ref>{{cite web|title=The Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway|publisher=Oregon Department of Transportation|url=http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/hwy/scenicbyways/docs/driving_guide/elkhorn_drive.pdf|access-date=July 27, 2013}}</ref> the latter about {{convert|11|mi|km}} southeast of Granite.<ref name="Friedman">{{cite book|last=Friedman|first=Ralph|title=Oregon for the Curious|publisher=The Caxton Printers|location=Caldwell, Idaho|year=1982|orig-year=1972|edition=3rd revised|page=[https://archive.org/details/oregonforcurious00frie/page/203 203]|isbn=0-87004-222-X|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/oregonforcurious00frie/page/203}}</ref>