McLeod Wayside
McLeod Wayside is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 482 m. Butler Butte stands 1,679 m to the north, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Rivers Edge Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 482 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
- 22.4 mi off the Myrtle Creek-Canyonville
- 29.4 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Overlooks nearby
- Viewpoint Mike · 1 mi
- White Point Lookout · 10 mi
- Rogue Gorge chasm · 21 mi
- Rogue Gorge · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fawn Butte: 3.1 mi
- Tatouche Peak: 3.3 mi
- Camel Hump: 3.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Joe Dyer Butte: 4.8 mi
- Rivers Edge Park: 0.1 mi
- Casey State Park: 0.9 mi
- Joseph H Stewart County Park Day Use Area: 2.5 mi
- Rogue Elk County Park: 3.8 mi
- Shady Park: 7.8 mi
- All Unknown Veterans Memorial: 15.2 mi
- 1st Marine Divisions of all Wars Memorial: 15.3 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 20.0 mi
- Walch Wayside Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Old washing machine: 22.3 mi
- Whiskey Spring: 18.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 21.9 mi
- Bigfoot Spring: 23.0 mi
- Boulder Spring: 23.0 mi
- Buckley Spring: 23.1 mi
- Rumley falls: 0.9 mi
- Butte Falls: 10.6 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
- Nob falls: 17.5 mi
- Dillon Falls: 22.8 mi
- Blue Grotto: 3.0 mi
- Terra Nova: 12.7 mi
- Savage Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- Bradshaw Drop: 17.6 mi
- Slinger Rock: 20.2 mi
- McGregor Park: 0.7 mi
- Neville-Nye Memorial Grove: 5.9 mi
- Natural Bridge: 18.7 mi
- World's Tallest Sugarpine: 20.1 mi
- Gold Gulch: 23.6 mi
- Woodruff Bridge Day Use Area: 16.0 mi
- E: 18.9 mi
- Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 22.4 mi
- Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Agate Desert Preserve: 19.8 mi
- Whetstone Savanna Preserve: 21.2 mi
- William Mott Memorial Park: 22.2 mi
- Creekside Park Community Garden: 15.4 mi
- Lotus Imports: 21.0 mi
- Persist: 7.7 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 20.2 mi
- Crater Rock Museum: 23.0 mi
- Rogue River: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of McLeod Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Butler Butte | N 1° | 1,679 m | 15.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NE 38° | 1,614.221 m | 11.0 mi |
| Halls Point | NE 36° | 1,591.056 m | 11.4 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 23° | 1,585.874 m | 13.4 mi |
| Whetstone Point | NE 43° | 1,545.336 m | 10.4 mi |
| Olson Mountain | E 96° | 1,537 m | 7.5 mi |
| White Point | NE 44° | 1,525.829 m | 9.6 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNW 338° | 1,482 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:34 | 20:10 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:55 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 40 | 43 | 46 | 50 | 58 | 63 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 39 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 4.8 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost Creek DAM, under a mile away.
- Western Fence Lizard9 obs
- Barrow's Goldeneye8 obs
- Bufflehead7 obs
- Common Merganser7 obs
- Rainbow Trout7 obs
- Tolmie's pussy ears7 obs
- Pacific madrone5 obs
- rough horsetail5 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357312324
Day trips start here
- Medford · 26 mi
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