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Crane Mountain

Crane Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Crane Mountain rises to 2,577 m in Oregon. Drake Peak stands 2,563 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Point, a peak 1.3 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 3.8 miles off. 65 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

The story

Crane Mountain is in the Warner Mountain range and is the tallest peak in Lake County, Oregon, U.S. It is located southeast of Lakeview in south-central Oregon, near the northwest corner of the Basin and Range Province of the western United States. The mountain is in the Fremont section of the Fremont–Winema National Forest. There was a United States Forest Service fire lookout located near the summit which was removed in 1972. The Crane Mountain National Recreation Trail runs north and south along the crest of the mountain.

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Wikidata Q22072663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
2577.4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.06287, -120.24064

65 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 39
  • Willow Point: 1.3 mi
  • Turpin Ridge: 2.5 mi
  • Sugar Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Red Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Bald Hills: 5.9 mi
Springs: 9
Parks: 7
Cliffs: 4
Museums: 3
  • Schminck Memorial Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Lake County Museum: 10.2 mi
  • Mc Chuck Wagon Western Heritage Exhibit: 10.5 mi
Picnic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • L: 10.7 mi
Historic sites: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Crane Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Drake PeakNNE 20°2,562.5 m17.4 mi
Light PeakNNE 16°2,537.5 m17.3 mi
Mount BidwellSSE 150°2,529 m7.7 mi
Mount VidaS 175°2,500 m8.9 mi
Twelvemile PeakNNE 13°2,482.3 m18.7 mi
Yellow MountainSSE 165°2,460 m7.0 mi
Buck MountainS 185°2,417 m24.0 mi
Crook PeakNNE 12°2,387.8 m21.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3719:13
June solstice05:2619:5920:41
September equinox06:4918:2319:00
December solstice07:2715:4816:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323540455361706861503830
Precip in2.71.92.11.81.50.80.20.20.31.12.12.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bidwell, 14 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1140381 — Crane Mountain, Lake County, Oregon.

OpenStreetMap element node/357308400

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