Eagle Cap
Eagle Cap rises to 2,909 m in Oregon. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Glacier Peak, a peak 0.7 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 11 miles off.
The story
Eagle Cap (9,577 feet (2,919 m)) is a mountain peak located in the Wallowa Mountains, Wallowa–Whitman National Forest, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The peak is in the Eagle Cap Wilderness, towering over Mirror Lake, with the Benson Glacier along the east flank of the summit ridge. Its summit is the highest point in Union County.
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Wikidata Q5325040, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2909 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
- 18.3 mi off the Grande Tour
- 24.2 mi off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
- 24.4 mi off the Hells Canyon (Spur), National
Overlooks nearby
- Royal Purple Overlook · 9 mi
- Summit Overlook · 9 mi
- Highlands Overlook · 9 mi
- Valley Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Glacier Peak: 0.7 mi
- Glacier Pass Peak: 1.2 mi
- Saddle Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Glacier Divide: 1.7 mi
- Hawkins Point: 1.8 mi
- Miner Spring: 12.7 mi
- Cold Spring: 14.1 mi
- Marlin Spring: 16.5 mi
- Yew Spring: 19.6 mi
- Standley Spring: 20.1 mi
- Garden Walk Bronze Monument: 13.5 mi
- Running Raiders Bronze Monument: 13.5 mi
- Chief Joseph Bronze Monument: 13.6 mi
- Attitude Adjustment Bronze Monument: 13.6 mi
- He Who Thinks He's Invisible Bronze Monument: 13.6 mi
- Wallowa Lake State Park: 9.4 mi
- Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 12.5 mi
- Wayside Springs Forest Camp: 14.4 mi
- Chief Joseph Monument: 18.0 mi
- Enterprise City Park: 18.0 mi
- Ice Falls: 5.0 mi
- Slick Rock Creek Falls: 7.7 mi
- BC Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Wallowa Falls: 8.3 mi
- Hunter Falls: 12.8 mi
- Granite Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Deadman Point: 10.3 mi
- Wades Point: 21.8 mi
- Little Alps Day Use Area: 8.4 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 9.4 mi
- Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 13.7 mi
- Wallowa County Museum: 13.4 mi
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 13.5 mi
- Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 13.8 mi
- Cornucopia: 12.0 mi
- Alder: 16.2 mi
- All Around Cowboy: 13.5 mi
- Eagle: 18.1 mi
- Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 16.6 mi
- Halfway Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
- Catherine Creek State Park: 21.3 mi
- Bishop Spring Rest Stop: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Eagle Cap. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Peak | N 4° | 3,000 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hurwal Divide | NNE 15° | 2,980 m | 6.9 mi |
| Sacajawea-Matterhorn Ridge | N 5° | 2,979 m | 5.1 mi |
| Matterhorn | N 2° | 2,975 m | 4.4 mi |
| Aneroid Mountain | ENE 66° | 2,958.7 m | 6.8 mi |
| Point Joseph | NNE 13° | 2,933 m | 8.7 mi |
| Petes Point | ENE 66° | 2,932 m | 4.4 mi |
| Chief Joseph Mountain | NNE 13° | 2,929 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:23 | 19:02 |
| June solstice | 05:03 | 19:55 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:10 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:21 | 16:10 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 29 | 36 | 41 | 50 | 56 | 64 | 65 | 57 | 45 | 34 | 26 |
| Precip in | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Joseph, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1141463 — Eagle Cap, Union County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357308996
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