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Roaring River Wilderness

Roaring River Wilderness from directly overhead

Roaring River Wilderness is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,136 m. Mount Lowe stands 1,625 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Grouse Point, a peak 0.6 miles away. West Cascades passes 3.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
United States Forest Service
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.15670, -122.01249

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Grouse Point: 0.6 mi
  • Indian Ridge: 1.6 mi
  • Frazier Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Mitchell: 3.7 mi
  • Signal Buttes: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 34
  • Memaloose Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Lower Clackamas Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Clackamas Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Yocum Falls: 14.9 mi
  • Little Zigzag Falls: 15.3 mi
Parks: 26
  • Hole in the Wall Day Use Area: 5.4 mi
  • Carter Bridge Day Use Site: 7.1 mi
  • Big Eddy Day Use Site: 7.8 mi
  • Moore Creek Boat Access Site: 9.0 mi
  • Hoodland County Park: 13.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Salmon River Slab: 9.9 mi
  • Big Cliff: 10.5 mi
  • Big Cliff: 10.6 mi
  • Mississippi Head: 19.6 mi
  • Illumination Rock: 20.7 mi
Attractions: 10
  • West Coast Airlines Flight 956: 7.2 mi
  • Underwater Viewing Chamber: 13.3 mi
  • Underwater Viewing Chamber: 13.3 mi
  • Clackamas Lake Historic Guard Station: 13.4 mi
  • Bagby Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Springs: 7
  • Clackamas Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Clackamas Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Bagby Hot Springs: 17.2 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 21.4 mi
  • Kane Springs: 22.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Susannah Lee Barlow & Samuel Kimbrough Barlow: 16.2 mi
  • Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin: 19.0 mi
  • Original Stash Tribute Plaque: 21.6 mi
  • Gnarl Ridge Shelter Remains: 22.6 mi
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Molalla StoryWalk MRA Route Start: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Roaring River Wilderness. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount LoweS 172°1,625 m14.0 mi
East MountainSSW 210°1,605 m12.2 mi
Signal ButtesENE 77°1,579.2 m4.0 mi
Thunder MountainSSW 214°1,561 m13.7 mi
Frazier MountainESE 117°1,549.3 m2.0 mi
Tom Dick and Harry MountainNE 49°1,544.1 m14.2 mi
Baty ButteSW 220°1,542 m14.4 mi
Devil's PeakNE 42°1,537.7 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:21
June solstice05:2120:1421:00
September equinox06:5618:2819:07
December solstice07:4515:4016:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485459656661514237
Precip in9.37.18.06.24.43.00.60.72.16.210.011.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Lynx, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Rough-skinned Newt6 obs
  • common beargrass2 obs
  • mock azalea2 obs
  • Western Screech-Owl1 obs
  • Northern Red-legged Frog1 obs
  • Cascades Frog1 obs
  • Dunn's Salamander1 obs
  • North American River Otter1 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/406282000

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