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Phillip W. Schneider State Wildlife Area

Phillip W. Schneider State Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Phillip W. Schneider State Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 985 m. Fields Peak stands 2,244 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Timber Mountain, a peak 2.9 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 11 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.29248, -119.46753

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Timber Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Jackass Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Cougar Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Shake Table: 4.7 mi
  • Thorn Creek Butte: 5.7 mi
Springs: 11
  • Cabbage Patch Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Little Waste Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Big Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Roaring Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Big Weasel Springs: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
Attractions: 3
  • Black Canyon East Trailhead: 5.6 mi
  • Picture Gorge: 17.6 mi
  • Blue Basin: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Parks: 1
  • Mount Vernon Park: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Thomas Condon: 19.9 mi
Museums: 1
  • Thomas Condon Paleontology Center: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Phillip W. Schneider State Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fields PeakENE 73°2,243.9 m10.8 mi
Moon MountainENE 72°2,146.7 m12.6 mi
McClellan MountainENE 78°2,146.7 m13.4 mi
Aldrich MountainN 8°2,127 m5.9 mi
Spanish PeakWNW 298°2,092 m17.1 mi
Windy PointWNW 297°2,063 m15.6 mi
Ingle MountainE 85°2,063 m16.4 mi
Coal Pit MountainE 87°2,054 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0218:3219:10
June solstice05:1520:0220:46
September equinox06:4618:1918:57
December solstice07:3115:3416:22

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F374046505865747365534337
Precip in1.10.91.31.41.91.40.50.50.61.11.31.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dayville 8 NW, 20 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11535016213

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