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Steamboat Rock

Steamboat Rock, seen from above at true elevation

Steamboat Rock is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,303 m. Bullrun Rock stands 2,400 m to the northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheep Rock, a peak 5.5 miles away. 67 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
1303 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.10488, -118.04075

67 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 54
  • Sheep Rock: 5.5 mi
  • De Bord: 6.6 mi
  • Ring Butte: 6.9 mi
  • Táx̣špa Butte: 7.3 mi
  • Hunter Mountain: 7.4 mi
Springs: 7
Parks: 2
  • Unity Forest State Park: 18.8 mi
  • Chukar Park: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Historic sites: 1
  • Peter Skene Ogden Historical Marker: 24.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bullrun RockNW 322°2,399.69 m19.4 mi
Ironside MountainNNW 334°2,380.793 m10.6 mi
Table RockNW 319°2,367 m20.9 mi
Sheep MountainWNW 295°2,357 m24.1 mi
Monument RockNW 320°2,348 m18.9 mi
Bullrun MountainNNW 329°2,250 m19.2 mi
Summit RockWNW 292°2,215 m23.6 mi
Lone RockNW 316°2,110 m16.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox06:5618:2719:05
June solstice05:1019:5520:40
September equinox06:4018:1318:51
December solstice07:2515:3016:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303543495865757363503730
Precip in1.20.90.90.91.10.70.40.40.30.71.01.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Westfall, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357346858

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