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Dead Indian Rim

Dead Indian Rim, seen from above at true elevation

Dead Indian Rim is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,877 m. Slide Mountain stands 2,366 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Dead Indian Mountain, a peak 1.6 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 4.0 miles off. 104 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
1877 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.99653, -120.85637
Around it

104 named places within 25 miles

Springs: 46
  • Lewis Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Bagley Spring: 3.9 mi
  • Sherlock Dipping Vat Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Bottle Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Deer Head Spring: 6.8 mi
Peaks: 44
  • Dead Indian Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Pattern Butte: 5.6 mi
  • Foster Butte: 7.2 mi
  • Deer Head: 7.5 mi
  • Grassy Butte: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 6
Parks: 4
  • Ana Reservoir County Park: 5.4 mi
  • Summer Lake State Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
  • Floweree Park: 18.7 mi
  • Shorty's Willow: 18.8 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Fremont Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Merritt Creek Trestle: 24.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Summer Lake Rest Area: 4.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dead Indian Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Slide MountainSSE 163°2,366 m22.8 mi
Sandy ButteSSE 160°2,271 m24.4 mi
Hager MountainW 276°2,188 m8.9 mi
Shake ButteSSW 194°2,173 m24.4 mi
Fremont PointS 173°2,169 m9.1 mi
Dead Indian MountainESE 123°2,153.7 m1.6 mi
Hadley ButteSSE 156°2,129 m24.3 mi
Foster ButteSW 235°2,059 m7.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:16
June solstice05:2520:0420:47
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:3215:4616:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333541465461696860493832
Precip in1.61.21.21.21.40.80.40.40.60.91.51.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Summer Lake 1 S, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357308635

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