Craft Point
Craft Point is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,818 m. Calamity Butte stands 2,042 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Thompson Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. East Steens passes 18 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1818 m
How to reach it
- 17.8 mi off the East Steens
- 19.1 mi off the High Desert Discovery
77 named places within 25 miles
- Thompson Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Elephant Butte: 3.4 mi
- Buck Butte: 4.5 mi
- Little Black Rock: 5.2 mi
- Telephone Butte: 6.2 mi
- Forseer Spring: 5.9 mi
- Temple Spring: 6.5 mi
- Buchanan Springs: 10.7 mi
- Roper Spring: 12.4 mi
- Tommys Spring: 12.6 mi
- Crow Flat Guard Station: 11.7 mi
- Devine Monument: 13.1 mi
- Triangle Park: 20.1 mi
- Memorial Field: 20.2 mi
- Washington Park: 20.2 mi
- Great Basin Historical Marker: 10.6 mi
- Harney County Historical Museum: 20.2 mi
- Harney County Fairgrounds: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Craft Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calamity Butte | NNW 338° | 2,041.55 m | 11.5 mi |
| King Mountain | WNW 291° | 2,036.674 m | 7.0 mi |
| Jump-off Joe Mountain | N 351° | 1,985 m | 21.2 mi |
| Knox Mountain | NE 35° | 1,979 m | 24.0 mi |
| Antelope Mountain | NE 41° | 1,955 m | 24.3 mi |
| Telephone Butte | NW 311° | 1,950.72 m | 6.2 mi |
| Wolf Mountain | N 355° | 1,943 m | 19.7 mi |
| Black Rock | NW 319° | 1,928.165 m | 7.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:59 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:14 | 19:57 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:43 | 18:16 | 18:54 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:34 | 16:21 |
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 | 27 | 31 | 39 | 44 | 53 | 60 | 69 | 67 | 58 | 46 | 35 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Burns Muni AP, 17 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357308384
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