Ontario State Recreation Site
Ontario State Recreation Site is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 650 m. Kelly Mountain stands 1,247 m to the north, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Beck-Kiwanis Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Pposed Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway passes 1.2 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Pposed Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
- 2.5 mi off the Lower Payette River Heritage Scenic Byway
- 11.7 mi off the Snake River Canyon Scenic Byway
69 named places within 25 miles
- Beck-Kiwanis Park: 0.6 mi
- Laxson Park: 1.1 mi
- Lions Park: 1.4 mi
- Moore Park: 1.5 mi
- Eastside Park: 2.0 mi
- Malheur Butte: 6.2 mi
- Vale Butte: 12.6 mi
- Rhinehart Buttes: 13.5 mi
- Tub Mountain: 15.4 mi
- Sagebrush Hill: 15.5 mi
- Clay Point: 3.3 mi
- The Bluffs: 11.2 mi
- Rocky Point: 18.5 mi
- Oregon Trail Agriculture Museum: 11.9 mi
- Stone House Museum: 14.1 mi
- Snake River Heritage Center: 15.1 mi
- Ontario Rest Area: 2.5 mi
- Snake River Rest Stop East: 4.1 mi
- Branson Hollow: 22.8 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
- Snively Hot Springs: 24.7 mi
- The Holy Family: 3.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ontario State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Mountain | N 351° | 1,247 m | 22.4 mi |
| Wilburn Butte | NE 52° | 1,233 m | 21.6 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NNE 31° | 1,226 m | 23.5 mi |
| Haystack | N 354° | 1,171 m | 22.3 mi |
| Hog Cove Butte | ENE 77° | 1,142 m | 21.2 mi |
| McDowell Butte | NW 309° | 1,141 m | 23.8 mi |
| Indian Head Mountain | NNW 331° | 1,111 m | 18.2 mi |
| Deer Butte | SSW 211° | 1,101 m | 25.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:52 | 19:22 | 20:00 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:51 | 21:35 |
| September equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:47 |
| December solstice | 08:20 | 16:26 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/Boise).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 35 | 44 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 77 | 74 | 64 | 50 | 37 | 29 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ontario Ksrv, under a mile away.
- Great-tailed Grackle24 obs
- Mallard15 obs
- field bindweed8 obs
- Brewer's Blackbird6 obs
- poison hemlock6 obs
- Pacific Forktail5 obs
- summer-cypress5 obs
- American Coot4 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.
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