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Painted Cove Trail

Painted Cove Trail from directly overhead

Painted Cove Trail is an attraction in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 584 m. Stephenson Mountain stands 1,769 m to the west-southwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Carroll Rim, a cliff 0.8 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 16 miles off.

What to expect

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National Park Service

How to reach it

Coordinates44.66196, -120.27886

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Rainbow Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Painted Hills: 1.3 mi
  • Red Scar Knoll: 2.0 mi
  • Sand Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Sargent Butte: 4.4 mi
Springs: 59
  • Stovepipe Springs: 3.6 mi
  • Sandrock Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Sandrock Springs: 7.9 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Helfin Spring: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Attractions: 3
Nature reserves: 3
  • Shelton Wayside County Park: 18.6 mi
  • Julia A Henderson Pioneer Park: 19.1 mi
  • Bear Hollow County Park: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Burnt Ranch Recreation Site: 6.6 mi
  • Lower Burnt Ranch Recreation Site: 6.9 mi
Historic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
  • Bandit Springs Rest Area: 13.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Clarno Arch: 18.6 mi
Parks: 1
  • Wheeler Court House Park: 23.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Painted Cove Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stephenson MountainWSW 237°1,769 m10.1 mi
Cougar ButteSSW 212°1,759 m12.2 mi
Keyes MountainESE 111°1,745.59 m12.8 mi
White ButteSSE 166°1,724 m10.2 mi
Carroll ButteSSW 199°1,649 m13.0 mi
Monroe RoughsESE 106°1,635.557 m13.0 mi
Toney ButteE 91°1,556.309 m11.1 mi
Tracy MountainWSW 246°1,539 m8.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3519:14
June solstice05:1720:0620:51
September equinox06:4918:2219:00
December solstice07:3615:3616:24

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343641455258676760504033
Precip in1.21.11.21.71.91.40.50.50.51.21.31.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell 2 E, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5042019027

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