The Big Slide
The Big Slide is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 816 m. Mahogany Mountain stands 1,985 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dry Creek Buttes, a peak 2.5 miles away. Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 24 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 59 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 816 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
80 named places within 25 miles
- Dry Creek Buttes: 2.5 mi
- Iron Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Saddle Butte: 2.7 mi
- Sand Hills: 4.3 mi
- Sheep Heads Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Cow trough: 8.3 mi
- Meadowlark Spring: 11.5 mi
- Horse Trap Spring: 11.9 mi
- Mud Spring: 13.7 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
- McCormack Campground: 10.8 mi
- McGinnis Park: 13.1 mi
- Big Bend Park: 22.2 mi
- Two Rivers Community Park: 23.0 mi
- The Tongue: 10.8 mi
- Graveyard Rim: 16.1 mi
- Riley Horn Point: 20.7 mi
- Gravelly Point: 23.5 mi
- King Brown Cabin: 19.2 mi
- Fangollano: 22.3 mi
- Jump Falls: 21.6 mi
- Rinehart Falls: 23.3 mi
- Owyhee Dam Museum: 13.1 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Big Slide. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mahogany Mountain | SSE 163° | 1,985 m | 17.6 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SSE 150° | 1,828.19 m | 23.2 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SW 232° | 1,701.39 m | 22.0 mi |
| Freezeout Mountain | NW 312° | 1,668 m | 15.0 mi |
| Quartz Mountain | WSW 244° | 1,596 m | 8.4 mi |
| Pole Creek Top | ESE 115° | 1,570 m | 18.3 mi |
| Board Corral Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,516.4 m | 7.5 mi |
| Rufino Butte | WNW 296° | 1,509 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:53 | 19:24 | 20:02 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:51 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:37 | 19:11 | 19:49 |
| December solstice | 08:20 | 16:30 | 17:17 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 36 | 44 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 75 | 73 | 64 | 52 | 38 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Owyhee DAM, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/357289568
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