Crane Mountain
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. 63 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.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q22072663, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,577.4 m
How to reach it
- 3.8 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
- 17.2 mi off the Barrel Springs Back Country Byway
63 named places within 25 miles
- 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
- Mud Creek Spring: 15.2 mi
- White Rock Spring: 17.9 mi
- Wooden Trough Spring: 18.7 mi
- Spearpoint Spring: 18.7 mi
- Terry Spring: 19.5 mi
- McDonald City Park: 9.8 mi
- Soroptomist Park: 10.1 mi
- Swimming Pool City Park: 10.2 mi
- Cottonwood Reservoir County Park: 18.7 mi
- Booth State Park: 19.5 mi
- Collins Rim: 9.2 mi
- Dry Creek Rim: 18.5 mi
- Cub Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Schminck Memorial Museum: 10.2 mi
- Lake County Museum: 10.2 mi
- Mc Chuck Wagon Western Heritage Exhibit: 10.5 mi
- Lily Lake Boating Site: 6.2 mi
- Three Corners Monument: 13.2 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Peak | NNE 20° | 2,563 m | 17.4 mi |
| Light Peak | NNE 16° | 2,538 m | 17.3 mi |
| Mount Bidwell | SSE 150° | 2,529 m | 7.7 mi |
| Mount Vida | S 175° | 2,500 m | 8.9 mi |
| Twelvemile Peak | NNE 13° | 2,482 m | 18.7 mi |
| Yellow Mountain | SSE 165° | 2,460 m | 7.0 mi |
| Buck Mountain | S 185° | 2,417 m | 24.0 mi |
| Crook Peak | NNE 12° | 2,388 m | 21.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:05 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 19:59 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:49 | 18:23 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 15:48 | 16:33 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 61 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 50 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 2.1 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — FT Bidwell, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1140381 — Crane Mountain, Lake County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357308400
Take the scenic way to Crane Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.