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Lone Rock Wayside

Lone Rock Wayside from directly overhead

Lone Rock Wayside is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 252 m. Red Butte stands 1,570 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Colliding Rivers Overlook, a park 1.6 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua runs past it.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.30836, -123.07380

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Colliding Rivers Overlook: 1.6 mi
  • Colliding Rivers Park: 1.6 mi
  • Colliding Rivers County Park: 1.8 mi
  • The Narrows Wayside: 3.1 mi
  • Swiftwater Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
  • Ace Williams Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Hog Mountain: 3.0 mi
  • Watson Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Jack Mountain: 4.0 mi
  • Copeland Butte: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Cavitt Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Susan Creek Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Wolf Creek Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Fall Creek Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Shadow Falls: 12.5 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Science Building: 13.0 mi
  • Schneider Hall: 13.0 mi
  • Compass: 13.1 mi
  • Wayne Pratley Theater: 13.2 mi
  • First Cul de Sac in Roseburg: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Cheetah Spot: 21.2 mi
  • Camel Rides: 21.3 mi
  • Australia: 21.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 2
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Museums: 1
  • Floed-Lane House Museum: 15.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Lone Rock Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red ButteSE 136°1,570 m13.7 mi
Lookout MountainE 101°1,528 m17.2 mi
Taft MountainESE 110°1,443.533 m14.9 mi
Old FairviewENE 69°1,405 m10.3 mi
Foster ButteSE 130°1,390 m17.6 mi
Deadman MountainSSE 156°1,371 m16.5 mi
Gobblers KnobE 100°1,364 m14.8 mi
Middle MountainNNE 26°1,361 m14.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4719:25
June solstice05:3320:1320:57
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:4215:5416:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761686762524439
Precip in8.76.17.05.63.71.90.50.51.65.19.310.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Idleyld Park 4 NE, 7 mi away.

  • Bison Snaketail13 obs
  • Pacific poison oak9 obs
  • great camas8 obs
  • giant white fawn lily7 obs
  • Emma's Dancer7 obs
  • snow queen7 obs
  • western skunk cabbage6 obs
  • red deadnettle6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/551364813

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