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Smith Rock State Park

Smith Rock State Park from directly overhead

Smith Rock State Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 911 m. Black Butte stands 1,937 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Mesa Verde Wall, a cliff 0.1 miles away. McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass passes 21 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.36758, -121.14472
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Diamond Bar Ranch Park: 4.8 mi
  • Quince Park: 5.1 mi
  • High Desert Sports Complex: 5.2 mi
  • Dry Canyon: 5.7 mi
  • Stack Park: 5.8 mi
Peaks: 58
  • Monkey Face: 0.2 mi
  • Smith Rock: 0.3 mi
  • Brogan Spire: 1.0 mi
  • Eagle's Nest: 1.3 mi
  • Coyote Butte: 1.6 mi
Artworks: 44
Springs: 27
  • Meralle Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Nichols Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Sumner Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Red Top Spring: 4.7 mi
  • Kings Gap Spring: 4.7 mi
Cliffs: 24
  • Mesa Verde Wall: 0.1 mi
  • Morning Glory Wall: 0.1 mi
  • Cocaine Gully: 0.1 mi
  • Dihedrals: 0.1 mi
  • Western Ship: 0.1 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Historic sites: 11
  • Cowboy Monument: 15.5 mi
  • Wildland Firefighter Circle of Remembrance: 15.6 mi
  • Wildland Firefighter Circle of Remembrance: 15.6 mi
  • Welcome to Crook County Fairgrounds: 15.7 mi
  • Wounded Warriors Monument: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 7
  • Big Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Steelhead Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cline Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Cline Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Dry Falls: 11.2 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Redmond Caves Recreation Area: 8.4 mi
  • High Desert Activity Center: 9.4 mi
  • Dam Observatory: 17.3 mi
  • Kiwanis club: 20.8 mi
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 5
Museums: 5
Picnic sites: 3
  • Bivouac tables: 0.5 mi
  • Greenwood Day Use Area: 22.1 mi
  • Upper Lone Pine Day Use Area: 22.5 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smith Rock State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black ButteW 275°1,937 m24.4 mi
Green MountainENE 77°1,737 m22.8 mi
Grizzly MountainENE 62°1,710 m10.5 mi
Foley ButteENE 58°1,671.5 m20.9 mi
Awbrey MountainNE 51°1,650 m19.7 mi
Hensley ButteENE 61°1,590.751 m17.4 mi
Sheep RockNE 50°1,584 m22.2 mi
Gray ButteNNE 32°1,552 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:17
June solstice05:2120:0920:53
September equinox06:5218:2519:04
December solstice07:3815:4116:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353741465360686760493933
Precip in1.00.70.60.71.20.60.40.50.40.70.81.0

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard251 obs
  • western juniper212 obs
  • Black-billed Magpie196 obs
  • Sagebrush Mariposa Lily127 obs
  • wax currant121 obs
  • showy milkweed107 obs
  • Giant Blazingstar99 obs
  • Canada Goose92 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/419727037

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