Skell Head sits at 7,127 feet on the Volcanic Legacy byway, at mile 111 of 138, between the Cloudcap and Merriam Point lookouts. The land falls 952 feet within 600 meters of the overlook, and the view faces 300°, toward the sunset. Close in, Wineglass, Palisades, Roundtop, Rugged Crest Palisades, and Mazama Rock lie to the north and north-northwest, within about 2.3 miles. Farther out, Llao Rock rises to 8,036 feet at 4.7 miles west-northwest, with Grouse Hill, Witches Cauldron, Rim of the Crater, Sinnott Memorial, and Merriam Point spread across the west and west-southwest between 4.7 and 5.6 miles. Because the overlook faces the sunset by about 30 degrees off square, the light on these features shifts through the evening; sunset falls near 19:21 at the March equinox, 20:51 at the June solstice, 19:07 at the September equinox, and 16:37 at the December solstice. Chiloquin is 27.3 miles to the south-southeast, Butte Falls 38.4 miles southwest, and Crescent 39.7 miles north-northeast.
Named terrain inside the view from this overlook, nearest first.
This overlook faces sunset — 30° off square to it.
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Golden hour |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 19:21 | 18:43 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:51 | 20:08 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 19:07 | 18:30 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:37 | 15:51 |
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Mile 111 of 138 along Volcanic Legacy.
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Llao Rock is a rock pillar in Klamath County, Oregon, in the United States. It is located on the north rim of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park. Topographic relief is significant as the summit rises 1,870 feet above the lake in 0.28 mile.
Skell Head sits at about 7,127 feet (2,172 m).
From Skell Head: Wineglass (N, 0.7 mi); Palisades (NNW, 1.2 mi); Roundtop (NNW, 1.2 mi); Rugged Crest Palisades (NNW, 1.5 mi).
Sunset. The land falls away from Skell Head toward the sunset, so at sunrise the light is behind you. Exact times shift through the year; the page shows the current window.
Chiloquin, 27 miles SSE of Skell Head.
Merriam Point is the next surfaced lookout along the same route after Skell Head.
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