Dry Creek Rim
Dry Creek Rim is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,373 m. South Mountain stands 2,361 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Grassy Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 18 miles off. 52 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1373 m
How to reach it
- 18.2 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway
52 named places within 25 miles
- Little Grassy Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Dead Horse Butte: 4.8 mi
- Round Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Black Butte: 7.0 mi
- Mustang Butte: 7.9 mi
- Merrill Springs Rim: 12.3 mi
- Rome Cliffs: 15.6 mi
- Three Forks Rim: 19.2 mi
- Three Forks Rim: 20.9 mi
- Bogus Rim: 22.8 mi
- Scotts Dam: 10.1 mi
- Jean Baptiste Charbonneau Grave: 11.6 mi
- Danner: 11.1 mi
- Inskip Station: 11.5 mi
- Pillars of Rome: 15.4 mi
- Crooked Creek State Natural Area: 17.4 mi
- Crooked Creek State Roadside Area: 17.9 mi
- Three Forks Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
- Jordan Valley City Park: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dry Creek Rim. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Mountain | E 98° | 2,361 m | 24.5 mi |
| Jims Peak | E 94° | 2,073 m | 21.7 mi |
| Parsnip Peak | ENE 76° | 1,855 m | 15.6 mi |
| Round Peak | ENE 75° | 1,771 m | 14.3 mi |
| Grassy Mountain | SSE 165° | 1,648 m | 11.5 mi |
| Juniper Point | ESE 116° | 1,611 m | 19.6 mi |
| Red Hill | E 85° | 1,596 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sagebrush Mountain | E 91° | 1,593 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:54 | 19:25 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 06:12 | 20:49 | 21:32 |
| September equinox | 07:38 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:18 | 16:33 | 17:19 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 55 | 63 | 72 | 69 | 60 | 48 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rome 2 NW, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357280001
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