Hogg Rock
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Hogg Rock rises to 1,554 m in Oregon. Three Fingered Jack stands 2,390 m to the north-northeast, 4.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Ray Benson Sno-Park, a park 1.2 miles away. McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass runs past it.
The story
Hogg Rock is a tuya volcano and lava dome in the Cascade Range of northern Oregon, United States, located close to Santiam Pass. Produced by magma with an intermediate andesite composition, it has steep slopes and thick glassy margins. Hogg Rock exhibits normal magnetic polarity and is probably about 80,000 years old. Hogg Rock lies south of Three Fingered Jack and north of Hayrick Butte, a somewhat larger tuya of similar age and composition. A tuya is a type of subglacial volcano, formed when lava erupts underneath an overlying glacier or ice sheet and then melts through to the surface and pools, producing the flat plateau on top with near-vertical walls along the ice-contact margin as the lava cools and hardens. It is a historic landmark, with the remnants of Colonel T. Egenton Hogg's Oregon Pacific Railroad, the Santiam Lodge, and a quarry. The mountain offers snowshoe and snowmobile trails, and its summit provides views of the surrounding area including volcanoes like the Black Butte stratovolcano, Mount Washington, Sand Mountain, and Potato Hill.
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Wikidata Q5877266, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1554 m
How to reach it
- On the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass, National
- 3.6 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 6.3 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
- 27.1 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
Overlooks nearby
- Mount Washington Overlook · 5 mi
- Sahalie Falls Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Koosah Falls Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Windy Point · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Potato Hill: 1.3 mi
- Hoodoo Butte: 1.4 mi
- Hayrick Butte: 1.5 mi
- Claypool Butte: 2.3 mi
- Brandenburg Butte: 3.0 mi
- Great Springs: 6.8 mi
- Head of Jack Creek: 8.3 mi
- Paulina Spring: 10.8 mi
- Cold Springs: 11.3 mi
- Metolius Springs: 11.5 mi
- Sahalie Falls: 7.9 mi
- Koosah Falls: 8.2 mi
- Tamolitch Falls: 10.7 mi
- Obsidian Falls: 17.7 mi
- Upper Proxy Falls: 18.0 mi
- Ray Benson Sno-Park: 1.2 mi
- Elliot R Corbett II Memorial State Park: 4.9 mi
- Wizard Falls Fish Hatchery: 13.8 mi
- East Portal: 18.0 mi
- Barclay Park: 18.3 mi
- Hackleman Old-Growth Grove: 11.0 mi
- Indian Ford Meadow Preserve: 17.9 mi
- Camp Polk Meadow Preserve: 19.1 mi
- Willow Springs Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Whychus Creek Wild and Scenic River (Scenic Area): 19.6 mi
- Obsidian Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Obsidian Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Lane Plateau: 18.4 mi
- Blowout Cliff: 23.3 mi
- Tidbits Wall: 24.8 mi
- Lost Lake Day Use Area: 1.9 mi
- Clear Lake Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Olallie Day Use Area: 14.1 mi
- McKenzie Bridge Day Use Area: 22.7 mi
- Crockett Lodge: 7.0 mi
- Clear Lake Resort: 7.0 mi
- Cold springs resort: 11.4 mi
- Kiwanis club: 18.2 mi
- Secret Garden: 18.0 mi
- Sisters Community Garden: 18.4 mi
- Bigelow Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
- Sisters Fine Woodworking: 18.2 mi
- Sisters Museum: 18.4 mi
- Alder Spring Lookout: 21.3 mi
- Geneva: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Hogg Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Fingered Jack | NNE 20° | 2,390 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Washington | SSE 165° | 2,375.611 m | 6.4 mi |
| Black Crater | SSE 150° | 2,210 m | 12.4 mi |
| Belknap Crater | S 171° | 2,094.586 m | 9.6 mi |
| South Cinder Peak | NNE 17° | 2,056 m | 10.7 mi |
| North Cinder Peak | NNE 16° | 2,050 m | 13.1 mi |
| Porcupine Rock | NNE 15° | 2,012.9 m | 5.0 mi |
| Rockpile Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,991 m | 9.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:42 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:12 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:43 | 16:31 |
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 | 31 | 32 | 35 | 39 | 46 | 52 | 59 | 59 | 54 | 44 | 35 | 30 |
| Precip in | 10.8 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 2.3 | 5.9 | 10.0 | 11.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santiam Junction, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357327574
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