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Kailapa Mountain

Kailapa Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Kailapa Mountain rises to 1,285 m in Oregon. Grayback Mountain stands 2,148 m to the east-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Grayback Peak, a peak 2.7 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 29 miles off.

The story

summit in Josephine County, Oregon, United States of America

Wikidata Q49077285, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1285 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.15956, -123.45395

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Little Grayback Peak: 2.7 mi
  • Holcomb Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Buck Peak: 3.3 mi
  • Kerby Peak: 4.2 mi
  • Horse Mountain: 5.2 mi
Parks: 52
  • Illinois River Forks State Park: 10.5 mi
  • Indian Hill Ranch: 12.4 mi
  • Applegate County Park: 14.6 mi
  • Williams Hwy Bike Jumps: 18.9 mi
  • Redwood Park: 18.9 mi
Attractions: 17
  • Oregon Caves National Monument: 4.9 mi
  • Great Cats World Park: 10.5 mi
  • Great Cats World Park: 10.6 mi
  • Butterfly Pavilion: 10.7 mi
  • Fir glade trailhead: 13.6 mi
Artworks: 12
  • It's a Burl gallery: 10.5 mi
  • The Dovetail joint: 10.5 mi
  • Tree of life: 12.5 mi
  • Madronita: 12.5 mi
  • Dragonfly: 12.5 mi
Museums: 7
Historic sites: 7
  • Fort Briggs Historical Marker: 8.3 mi
  • Sailor's Diggings - Waldo Memorial: 11.8 mi
  • Cabin: 17.5 mi
  • Car: 17.8 mi
  • Rotary International Sundial: 19.3 mi
Springs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Sixmile Recreation Site: 17.1 mi
  • Store Gulch Picnic Site: 17.9 mi
  • Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 18.5 mi
  • Iron Ring Picnic Site: 18.9 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Friends & Family Trellis: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Kailapa Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grayback MountainESE 115°2,148.23 m8.0 mi
Big Sugarloaf PeakESE 110°2,030 m7.8 mi
Arnold MountainSE 142°2,026.31 m12.8 mi
Lake MountainSE 135°2,000 m6.8 mi
Pyramid PeakSSE 155°1,966.265 m13.6 mi
Whisky PeakSE 134°1,950 m13.8 mi
Mount ElijahSE 140°1,929 m6.7 mi
Althouse MountainS 181°1,925.726 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4919:26
June solstice05:3920:1220:54
September equinox07:0218:3619:13
December solstice07:4016:0016:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414447525965737266554640
Precip in11.48.58.64.12.10.80.20.30.83.58.012.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cave Junction 1 WNW, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1150287 — Kailapa Mountain, Josephine County, Oregon.

OpenStreetMap element node/357316000

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