Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Park
Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Park is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 801 m. Ruby Peak stands 2,697 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Mountain, a peak 1.8 miles away. Hells Canyon runs past it. 108 named places lie within 25 miles, 54 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 801 m
How to reach it
- On the Hells Canyon, National
- 17.8 mi off the Grande Tour
108 named places within 25 miles
- Smith Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Minam Hill: 4.2 mi
- Owenby Hill: 6.0 mi
- Stubblefield Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Howard Butte: 7.4 mi
- Twin Spring: 11.4 mi
- Bearwallow Spring: 12.9 mi
- Ferguson Spring: 14.2 mi
- Hideaway Spring: 15.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.1 mi
- Wallowa River Rest Area: 2.8 mi
- Evans Park: 7.8 mi
- City Pocket Park: 11.9 mi
- Tom McDowell Park: 12.0 mi
- Grande Ronde Scenic Area: 16.2 mi
- Ednas Point: 2.7 mi
- Dutch Point: 9.4 mi
- Boly Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Rockwall: 12.0 mi
- Gasset Bluff: 17.4 mi
- tíkem Falls: 19.3 mi
- Minam Falls: 22.2 mi
- Hunter Falls: 24.2 mi
- Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 20.6 mi
- Eagle: 24.0 mi
- Alder: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Wallowa Lake Highway Forest State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruby Peak | SE 139° | 2,697 m | 24.6 mi |
| Goat Mountain | SSE 152° | 2,453 m | 20.2 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain-South Peak | SE 146° | 2,427 m | 19.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | SSE 158° | 2,408 m | 22.3 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain-Middle Peak | SSE 147° | 2,355 m | 18.1 mi |
| Broad Peak | SSE 162° | 2,306 m | 18.2 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain-North Peak | SE 146° | 2,296 m | 16.5 mi |
| Survivor Peak | SSE 161° | 2,291 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:55 | 18:24 | 19:03 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:58 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:38 | 18:11 | 18:50 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:20 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 33 | 40 | 46 | 54 | 60 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 47 | 36 | 28 |
| Precip in | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wallowa, 8 mi away.
- Western Ponderosa Pine84 obs
- Douglas-fir49 obs
- Rainbow Trout26 obs
- black cottonwood12 obs
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee10 obs
- Western Terrestrial Garter Snake9 obs
- Bald Eagle7 obs
- Wild Turkey6 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/357349547
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