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La Pine State Park

La Pine State Park from directly overhead

La Pine State Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,276 m. Kawak Butte stands 2,246 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Fall River Falls, a waterfall 0.8 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 9.3 miles off.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates43.78338, -121.52059

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bates Butte: 1.7 mi
  • Pistol Butte: 2.8 mi
  • The Rock: 2.9 mi
  • Sitkum Butte: 3.2 mi
  • Anns Butte: 4.8 mi
Parks
  • Ponderosa Park: 6.4 mi
  • Besson Commons: 7.3 mi
  • Frontier Heritage Park: 7.6 mi
  • Mary McCallum Park: 7.8 mi
  • Paulina View Disc Golf Course: 7.9 mi
Artworks: 45
Waterfalls: 11
Springs: 11
  • Coyote Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Kiwa Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Multiple Springs: 15.8 mi
  • Spring (Hot): 16.6 mi
  • Cold Spring: 18.6 mi
Attractions: 4
  • Lava Lands Visitor Center: 12.0 mi
  • 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 15.6 mi
  • Little Cultus Lake Boat Ramp: 17.4 mi
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 21.7 mi
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 4
  • Frank T. Johns: 21.6 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 21.8 mi
  • Peace Statue: 22.0 mi
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 22.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Meadow Day Use Area: 16.2 mi
  • Beach Day Use Area: 18.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Paulina Hot Springs: 14.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of La Pine State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Kawak ButteE 95°2,246.376 m12.7 mi
Shoulder ButteE 96°2,133.295 m11.8 mi
Deadfall ButteESE 104°2,103.12 m12.7 mi
Sheridan MountainNW 315°2,100.072 m11.8 mi
Jackpine ButteE 101°2,040.941 m12.1 mi
North Kawak ButteE 91°2,023 m12.1 mi
Lookout MountainW 278°1,896.77 m8.9 mi
Mokst ButteENE 73°1,869 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4119:19
June solstice05:2520:0820:52
September equinox06:5418:2719:05
December solstice07:3815:4516:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303237414955636255453528
Precip in2.92.01.51.21.71.10.50.60.81.42.43.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunriver, 8 mi away.

  • Mule Deer81 obs
  • woodland pinedrops45 obs
  • wax currant42 obs
  • Douglas's Squirrel38 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine37 obs
  • Wapiti31 obs
  • Antelope Bitterbrush26 obs
  • Canada Goose22 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/356066492

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