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Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor

Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor from directly overhead

Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,001 m. Desolation Butte stands 2,137 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridge Creek Wildlife Area, a park 5.7 miles away. Blue Mountain passes 0.9 miles off. 38 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates45.12724, -118.97058

Overlooks nearby

Around it

38 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 34
  • Battle Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Owens Butte: 9.7 mi
  • Carney Butte: 10.7 mi
  • Cape Horn: 12.1 mi
  • Matlock Hill: 12.1 mi
Parks: 2
  • Bridge Creek Wildlife Area: 5.7 mi
  • Cutsforth County Park: 17.7 mi
Springs: 1
  • Sweet Grass Spring: 19.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ukiah-Dale Forest State Scenic Corridor. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Desolation ButteSE 142°2,137 m24.3 mi
Tower MountainESE 104°2,082 m20.2 mi
Kelsay ButteSE 135°1,822 m20.6 mi
Winom ButteESE 120°1,814 m17.9 mi
Black MountainWNW 291°1,797 m16.9 mi
Arbuckle MountainWNW 289°1,782 m14.5 mi
Bald MountainWNW 283°1,752 m16.1 mi
Kelly MountainWNW 285°1,745 m15.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0018:3019:08
June solstice05:0920:0220:47
September equinox06:4418:1618:55
December solstice07:3215:2816:17

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363844505764727163524135
Precip in1.41.21.81.62.11.60.30.40.61.11.51.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Pilot Rock 1 SE, 25 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Ponderosa Pine41 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk5 obs
  • Red Crossbill5 obs
  • Douglas-fir4 obs
  • Great Blue Heron2 obs
  • Say's Phoebe2 obs
  • North American Racer2 obs
  • western larch2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/514043065

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