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The Cliff

The Cliff, seen from above at true elevation

The Cliff is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 84 m. McCulloch Peak stands 664 m to the west-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Hale Butte, a peak 0.9 miles away. Silver Falls passes 8.6 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
84 m

How to reach it

Coordinates44.71984, -123.03593

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hale Butte: 0.9 mi
  • Scravel Hill: 2.0 mi
  • Miller Butte: 3.2 mi
  • Looney Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Knox Butte: 4.7 mi
Parks
  • 7th Street Park: 1.7 mi
  • Willamette Memorial Park: 4.0 mi
  • Simpson Park: 5.0 mi
  • Waverly Lake Park: 5.7 mi
  • Eads Park: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves: 36
Artworks: 29
Museums: 26
Gardens: 21
  • Inspriation Garden: 11.7 mi
  • HP Organic Community Garden: 14.0 mi
  • Rhododendron Hillside: 14.3 mi
  • Rose Garden: 14.6 mi
  • Calvin Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 14.7 mi
Historic sites: 13
  • Scio Vetrans Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • 1245 Mill Street Section Houses: 14.8 mi
  • Chinook Salmon: 15.0 mi
  • Dr. John McLoughlin: 15.1 mi
  • Column Segments from Second Oregon Capitol: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Telephone of the Wind: 9.6 mi
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 9.6 mi
  • Blue Car Wreck: 13.6 mi
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 15.3 mi
  • Wildlife-viewing blind: 21.3 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 16.3 mi
  • Number 2: 23.1 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
Cliffs: 1
  • Alpha Slide: 14.5 mi
Springs: 1
  • Sulfer Springs: 14.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of The Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McCulloch PeakWSW 248°664 m16.7 mi
Reception PeakWSW 252°594 m17.3 mi
Forest PeakWSW 259°572.1 m14.1 mi
Price PeakWSW 255°534.9 m16.6 mi
Lone Pine ButteS 171°494 m19.5 mi
BlacktailENE 66°491 m19.3 mi
Dimple HillWSW 242°450.5 m15.7 mi
Rogers MountainE 101°438.912 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1721:02
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4715:4716:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347505661686863544540
Precip in6.54.84.93.32.31.30.30.41.53.56.57.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis State Univ, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357289598

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