Granite Cliff
Granite Cliff is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 2,484 m. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hummingbird Mountain, a peak 1.5 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 15 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2484 m
How to reach it
- 15.3 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
- 14.8 mi off the Grande Tour
- 22.2 mi off the Hells Canyon (Spur), National
- 24.3 mi off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Royal Purple Overlook · 15 mi
- Summit Overlook · 15 mi
- Highlands Overlook · 15 mi
- Valley Overlook · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hummingbird Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Krag Peak: 2.6 mi
- Needle Point: 3.3 mi
- Truax Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bennet Peak: 4.1 mi
- Wallowa Lake State Park: 15.3 mi
- Wayside Springs Forest Camp: 17.1 mi
- Heritage Square: 18.0 mi
- Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 18.5 mi
- Thief Valley County Park: 22.2 mi
- Garden Walk Bronze Monument: 19.4 mi
- Running Raiders Bronze Monument: 19.5 mi
- Chief Joseph Bronze Monument: 19.5 mi
- Attitude Adjustment Bronze Monument: 19.5 mi
- He Who Thinks He's Invisible Bronze Monument: 19.5 mi
- Marlin Spring: 13.0 mi
- Miner Spring: 17.7 mi
- J N Bishop Spring: 18.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 19.0 mi
- Horseshoe Creek: 22.0 mi
- Ice Falls: 11.0 mi
- Slick Rock Creek Falls: 13.4 mi
- Wallowa Falls: 14.2 mi
- BC Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
- Hunter Falls: 17.8 mi
- Little Alps Day Use Area: 14.3 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 15.2 mi
- Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 19.7 mi
- Wallowa County Museum: 19.4 mi
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 19.5 mi
- Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 19.8 mi
- Cornucopia: 8.7 mi
- Alder: 22.0 mi
- Halfway Picnic Area: 16.8 mi
- Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 21.6 mi
- All Around Cowboy: 19.5 mi
- Eagle: 24.0 mi
- Deadman Point: 10.8 mi
- Bishop Spring Rest Stop: 18.3 mi
- Catherine Creek State Park: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Granite Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Peak | N 11° | 3,000 m | 11.5 mi |
| Sacajawea-Matterhorn Ridge | NNE 11° | 2,979 m | 11.0 mi |
| Matterhorn | N 10° | 2,975 m | 10.3 mi |
| Petes Point | NE 37° | 2,932 m | 9.4 mi |
| Red Mountain | ESE 104° | 2,913.8 m | 4.6 mi |
| Eagle Cap | NNE 17° | 2,909 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cusick Mountain | NE 49° | 2,901 m | 5.9 mi |
| Hurwal Divide Southwest | NNE 16° | 2,898 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:55 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:49 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:22 | 16:11 |
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 | 25 | 30 | 41 | 48 | 56 | 63 | 71 | 69 | 61 | 48 | 36 | 27 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Halfway, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357309778
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