Black Rim
Black Rim is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,512 m. Warner Peak stands 2,444 m to the southwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spine Cob Butte, a peak 4.8 miles away. High Desert Discovery passes 23 miles off. 26 named places lie within 25 miles, 18 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1512 m
How to reach it
- 23.4 mi off the High Desert Discovery
- 23.7 mi off the Steens Loop
26 named places within 25 miles
- Spine Cob Butte: 4.8 mi
- Steamboat Point: 9.6 mi
- Cox Butte: 10.4 mi
- Little Steamboat Point: 10.5 mi
- Mule Tit: 11.5 mi
- Orejana Rim: 7.9 mi
- Three Story Rim: 12.7 mi
- Horseshoe Rim: 18.8 mi
- Dry Valley Rim: 22.8 mi
- Sunstone Public Collection Area: 20.1 mi
- Hart Mountain Hot Springs: 20.2 mi
- Blitzen: 21.9 mi
- Buena Vista Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Black Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warner Peak | SW 216° | 2,443.582 m | 24.0 mi |
| High Point | SW 216° | 2,359.5 m | 23.3 mi |
| Adams Butte | SSW 211° | 2,066 m | 19.9 mi |
| Swede Knoll | SSW 205° | 1,894 m | 18.5 mi |
| Lookout Point | SSW 205° | 1,885 m | 19.9 mi |
| Rabbit Hills | WSW 250° | 1,737.36 m | 23.9 mi |
| Turpin Knoll | NW 305° | 1,640.738 m | 24.0 mi |
| Black Cap | WNW 282° | 1,637 m | 14.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:33 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:21 | 19:57 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:20 | 18:57 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:42 | 16:28 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 32 | 36 | 41 | 49 | 56 | 65 | 64 | 56 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hart MTN Refuge, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357277501
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