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Winchuck State Park

Winchuck State Park from directly overhead

Winchuck State Park is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 75 m. Chetco Peak stands 1,423 m to the east-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Winchuck State Recreation Site, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 0.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
75 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.00817, -124.20537

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Elk Mountain: 4.5 mi
  • Harris Butte: 6.9 mi
  • Mount Emily: 7.0 mi
  • Black Mound: 7.3 mi
  • Palmer Butte: 8.3 mi
Parks: 17
  • McVay Rock State Recreation Site: 1.7 mi
  • Kamph Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Clifford Kamph Memorial Park: 2.6 mi
  • Kite Field: 4.1 mi
  • Mariners Memorial Park: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 10
Historic sites: 9
Nature reserves: 7
Cliffs: 7
Attractions: 6
  • Chetco Grange: 4.1 mi
  • Japanese Bombing Site Trailhead: 6.6 mi
  • Amphitheater: 6.7 mi
  • Boy Scout Tree: 16.1 mi
  • Stout Grove: 16.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Gardens: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Lone Ranch Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • White Rock: 15.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Fern Fall: 15.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Winchuck State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chetco PeakENE 57°1,422.502 m16.1 mi
Vulcan PeakNE 43°1,408 m16.5 mi
Red MountainNE 47°1,320 m16.3 mi
Upper Coon MountainSE 128°1,224 m21.9 mi
Our MountainE 84°1,200 m20.6 mi
Buckskin PeakENE 75°1,198 m20.3 mi
Dry ButteNE 38°1,191 m19.2 mi
Hawks RestENE 58°1,142 m20.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5219:29
June solstice05:4220:1420:57
September equinox07:0518:3919:16
December solstice07:4216:0416:49

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495050525559616060565250
Precip in13.19.910.06.73.91.90.50.51.86.010.013.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Brookings, 5 mi away.

  • Ochre Sea Star73 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone38 obs
  • Aggregating Anemone31 obs
  • Purple Shore Crab28 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab27 obs
  • California Mussel27 obs
  • Gooseneck Barnacle22 obs
  • Sitka spruce22 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 node/357320438

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