Fort Rock Cave Natural Area
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Fort Rock Cave Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,356 m. Bald Mountain stands 2,238 m to the west-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Negroheel Butte, a peak 0.1 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 1.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Negroheel Butte: 0.1 mi
- Reub Long Butte: 0.2 mi
- Pasture Rock: 0.9 mi
- Fort Rock: 1.5 mi
- Lucky: 3.5 mi
- Pothole Spring: 8.1 mi
- Road Spring: 10.3 mi
- Smoke Creek Spring: 10.4 mi
- Ross Spring: 11.8 mi
- North Willow Spring: 12.9 mi
- Fort Rock Junction: 4.2 mi
- Sage Sandals Kiosk: 4.3 mi
- Hunt Camp Rest Area: 5.6 mi
- Cabin Lake Wildlife Area: 10.7 mi
- Shorty's Willow: 22.6 mi
- Fort Rock State Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Crack in the Ground: 21.9 mi
- Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum: 2.7 mi
- Paulina Falls: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Fort Rock Cave Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain | WSW 241° | 2,238 m | 14.6 mi |
| Wart Peak | WSW 237° | 2,115 m | 12.3 mi |
| Stams Mountain | W 266° | 1,995 m | 16.5 mi |
| Corral Butte | W 260° | 1,973 m | 14.6 mi |
| Lookout Point | WSW 258° | 1,918 m | 14.0 mi |
| Timothy Butte | SW 225° | 1,917 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ooskan Butte | NNW 347° | 1,896 m | 16.3 mi |
| Rim Butte | NNW 345° | 1,878 m | 16.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:06 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:26 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 15:45 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 38 | 42 | 50 | 57 | 65 | 63 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — THE Poplars, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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