Elephant Head
Elephant Head is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,767 m. Fish Mountain stands 2,069 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Abbott butte lookout, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 5.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1767 m
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
- 17.3 mi off the Myrtle Creek-Canyonville
- 18.3 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rogue Gorge chasm · 6 mi
- Rogue Gorge · 6 mi
- White Point Lookout · 12 mi
- The Watchman · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Abbott Butte: 0.4 mi
- Falcon Butte: 1.2 mi
- Quartz Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cougar Butte: 2.3 mi
- Anderson Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Devils Slide: 11.6 mi
- Savage Bluffs: 14.3 mi
- Hamaker Bluff: 15.7 mi
- The Jumpoff: 17.4 mi
- Blue Grotto: 17.7 mi
- Nob falls: 5.5 mi
- Falls: 9.4 mi
- National Falls: 11.6 mi
- Alkali Falls: 12.2 mi
- Deer Lick Falls: 12.8 mi
- Grasshopper Spring: 7.5 mi
- Grasshopper Spring: 7.7 mi
- Buster Spring: 11.8 mi
- Buzzard Spring: 12.7 mi
- Thousand Springs: 13.9 mi
- Hurryon Camp: 13.0 mi
- Prospect State Park: 14.0 mi
- Rolling Grounds Camp: 15.4 mi
- Aiken County Park: 15.8 mi
- Joseph H Stewart County Park Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
- Woodruff Bridge Day Use Area: 6.2 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 20.4 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 20.5 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Watson Falls Picnic Ground: 22.0 mi
- Natural Bridge: 5.6 mi
- World's Tallest Sugarpine: 8.2 mi
- Neville-Nye Memorial Grove: 15.1 mi
- McGregor Park: 21.1 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 0.4 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Plaque: 20.4 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 5.6 mi
- Persist: 12.9 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 20.5 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Elephant Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fish Mountain | NE 34° | 2,069.3 m | 10.7 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | NNE 28° | 2,026 m | 12.6 mi |
| Rocktop Butte | ESE 119° | 1,937 m | 14.8 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | ESE 121° | 1,936 m | 13.5 mi |
| Weaver Mountain | NNE 30° | 1,921 m | 9.2 mi |
| Castle Point | ESE 107° | 1,913 m | 15.8 mi |
| Hershberger Mountain | NE 36° | 1,908 m | 7.6 mi |
| Red Blanket Mountain | SE 133° | 1,908 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:32 | 20:10 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:53 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prospect 2 SW, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1011910148
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 22 mi
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