Cliff · Oregon
Steel Cliff
Steel Cliff is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 3,007 m. Mount Hood stands 3,429 m to the northeast, 0.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Crater Rock, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Hood passes 2.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 3007 m
How to reach it
Coordinates45.36994, -121.69968
- 2.8 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 23.1 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 22.2 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 24.4 mi off the West Cascades, National
Overlooks nearby
- Zigzag Canyon Rim · 3 mi
- Sahalie Falls Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Wauna Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Buck Point · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Crater Rock: 0.0 mi
- Mount Hood: 0.3 mi
- Illumination Rock: 0.5 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 1.0 mi
- Barrett Spur: 1.6 mi
Waterfalls
- Cooper Spur Falls: 1.4 mi
- Newton Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
- Mimie Falls: 2.1 mi
- Clark Creek Falls: 2.1 mi
- Yocum Ridge Falls: 2.2 mi
Springs
- Powder Springs: 7.4 mi
- Powder Springs: 7.4 mi
- Jack Springs: 7.7 mi
- Clinger Spring: 7.7 mi
- Creek: 8.1 mi
Parks: 55
- Routson County Park: 8.0 mi
- Hoodland County Park: 12.3 mi
- Dimmick Park: 12.5 mi
- Punchbowl Falls Park: 16.5 mi
- Barlow Wayside Park: 16.7 mi
Historic sites: 22
- Gnarl Ridge Shelter Remains: 2.5 mi
- Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin: 4.1 mi
- Susannah Lee Barlow & Samuel Kimbrough Barlow: 5.2 mi
- Win S. Acton: 21.9 mi
- Wind Mountain Overlook: 22.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Hawkins Ridge: 0.3 mi
- Illumination Rock: 0.6 mi
- Sandy Glacier Headwall: 0.7 mi
- Mississippi Head: 1.6 mi
- Heather Cliff: 2.1 mi
Attractions: 8
- Underwater Viewing Chamber: 14.5 mi
- Underwater Viewing Chamber: 14.5 mi
- West Coast Airlines Flight 956: 16.3 mi
- Clackamas Lake Historic Guard Station: 18.9 mi
- Bonneville Fish Hatchery: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
- Toll Bridge County Park: 12.2 mi
- Wildwood Recreation Site: 14.2 mi
- Roaring River Wilderness: 21.2 mi
- Starvation Creek State Park: 22.0 mi
- Pierce Island: 22.9 mi
Museums: 6
- Mt. Hood Cultural Center and Museum: 5.3 mi
- Hutson Museum: 11.5 mi
- Bradford Island Visitors Center: 22.2 mi
- Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum: 22.6 mi
- Cascade Locks Historical Museum: 22.7 mi
Artworks: 5
- Running Free: 22.1 mi
- Reflections of a Cultural Landscape: 24.4 mi
- Hood River Housing: 24.5 mi
- Sayre Taft Colt: 24.8 mi
- Horse: 25.0 mi
Gardens: 4
- Community Garden: 22.6 mi
- Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 23.4 mi
- Scott Johnson Community Garden: 23.9 mi
- Westside Community Garden: 24.2 mi
Picnic sites: 3
- Frog Lake Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
- Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Ainsworth Day Use Area: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Goverment Camp Rest Area: 5.2 mi
- Kodak Point Highway Pullout: 24.3 mi
Beaches: 1
- Home Valley Beach: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Steel Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Hood | NE 37° | 3,429 m | 0.3 mi |
| Illumination Rock | WSW 254° | 2,909 m | 0.5 mi |
| Pulpit Rock | N 5° | 2,663 m | 1.0 mi |
| Barrett Spur | N 360° | 2,393 m | 1.7 mi |
| Barrett Spur | N 0° | 2,392 m | 1.6 mi |
| Langille Crags | NE 38° | 2,205 m | 2.0 mi |
| Lamberson Butte | ESE 106° | 2,022 m | 2.7 mi |
| Lookout Mountain | ESE 102° | 1,991 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:40 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:19 | 20:14 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:27 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:38 | 16:27 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 32 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 59 | 54 | 45 | 36 | 31 |
| Precip in | 12.6 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 4.0 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 3.1 | 8.4 | 12.7 | 14.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Government Camp, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/89636426
Day trips start here
- Government Camp · 5 mi
- Mount Hood · 13 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 14 mi
- Cascade Locks · 23 mi
- Hood River · 24 mi
- Stevenson · 24 mi
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