Black Rim
Black Rim is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,538 m. Moon Hill stands 1,929 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackass Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. High Desert Discovery passes 6.3 miles off. 43 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1538 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the High Desert Discovery
- 6.8 mi off the Diamond Loop
- 14.0 mi off the Steens Loop
- 27.3 mi off the East Steens
Overlooks nearby
- Buena Vista Outlook · 7 mi
- Little Blitzen Overlook · 28 mi
- Big Indian Overlook · 28 mi
43 named places within 25 miles
- Jackass Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Jackass Butte: 2.6 mi
- Twin Buttes: 3.9 mi
- Jack Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Saddle Butte: 9.1 mi
- Dry Maar: 10.4 mi
- West Twin Crater: 10.7 mi
- EastTwin Crater: 10.8 mi
- Red Bomb Crater: 11.9 mi
- Oval Crater: 12.2 mi
- Frenchglen Corral: 13.7 mi
- P Ranch: 14.3 mi
- Malheur Field Station: 16.2 mi
- Historic Sod House Ranch: 17.3 mi
- Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site: 14.0 mi
- Peter French Round Barn State Park: 19.2 mi
- Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area: 19.7 mi
- Page Springs: 16.3 mi
- Big Springs: 20.8 mi
- Voltage: 19.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moon Hill | SE 124° | 1,929 m | 20.3 mi |
| Big Hill | E 92° | 1,777 m | 24.5 mi |
| Jackass Butte | ENE 69° | 1,700 m | 2.6 mi |
| Jackass Mountain | NE 54° | 1,691 m | 2.4 mi |
| West Hill | E 90° | 1,690 m | 23.1 mi |
| Jack Mountain | S 176° | 1,674 m | 7.3 mi |
| Weed Lake Butte | NW 305° | 1,614 m | 9.1 mi |
| Twin Buttes | W 277° | 1,563 m | 3.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:00 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| June solstice | 05:18 | 19:56 | 20:39 |
| September equinox | 06:44 | 18:18 | 18:55 |
| December solstice | 07:25 | 15:39 | 16:25 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 32 | 39 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 68 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Malheur Refuge HQ, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357277507
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