Cliff · Oregon

Three Forks Rim

Three Forks Rim, seen from above at true elevation

Three Forks Rim is a cliff in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 1,457 m. South Mountain stands 2,361 m to the northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Three Forks Dome, a peak 1.8 miles away. Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway passes 9.2 miles off. 46 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 1457 m

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Coordinates42.56524, -117.17161

9.2 mi off the Owyhee Uplands Back Country Byway

Around it

46 named places within 25 miles

Peaks41

Three Forks Dome: 1.8 mi
Whitehorse Butte: 4.7 mi
The Butte: 5.0 mi
Mouse Trap Butte: 5.2 mi
Pole Creek Breaks: 8.7 mi

Cliffs4

Three Forks Rim: 2.2 mi
Big Antelope - Pole Creek V: 14.8 mi
Dry Creek Rim: 19.2 mi
Bear Creek Point: 19.9 mi

Hot springs1

Three Forks Hot Spring: 2.5 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
South Mountain	NE 47°	2,361 m	17.6 mi
Jims Peak	NE 37°	2,073 m	17.3 mi
Juniper Mountain	ESE 117°	2,062 m	18.2 mi
Rough Mountain	ESE 119°	1,906 m	22.7 mi
Bald Mountain	SE 144°	1,870 m	18.2 mi
Parsnip Peak	NNE 11°	1,855 m	19.5 mi
The Buttes	SE 137°	1,807 m	16.0 mi
Herds V	SE 129°	1,798 m	15.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:53	19:24	20:01
June solstice	06:12	20:48	21:31
September equinox	07:37	19:11	19:48
December solstice	08:16	16:33	17:19

Local time (America/Boise).

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/917193543

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