Maiden Peak
Maiden Peak rises to 2,379 m in Oregon. Diamond Peak stands 2,665 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulpit Rock, a peak 2.4 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Maiden Peak is a steep-sided shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon. It is the highest point in the 43-mile (69 km) distance between Mount Bachelor and Diamond Peak. Ice Age glaciers carved a large cirque into the northeast flank of the mountain, exposing magma which hardened in the volcano's conduits to form the numerous rock pinnacles now found in the upper part of the cirque. The summit of Maiden Peak consists of a steeper cinder cone which sits atop the underlying shield volcano. It is located on the Cascade Crest, which forms the boundary between Lane County and Deschutes County. Also, it is on the boundary between the Deschutes National Forest and the Willamette National Forest. A Forest Service fire lookout tower was built on the summit in 1923, but was removed in 1958. A 5.8-mile (9.3 km) trail zigzags up to the summit from the southwest.
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Wikidata Q8524503, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2379 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
- 18.1 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 22.2 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
- 27.5 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Pulpit Rock: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Peak: 3.1 mi
- Maklaks Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Ranger Butte: 4.3 mi
- Mount Ray: 5.0 mi
- Gold Lake Day Use Area: 4.2 mi
- Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
- Tranquil Cove Picnic Area: 11.0 mi
- Tandy Bay Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
- Logger Butte Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 7.8 mi
- Multiple Springs: 12.6 mi
- Indigo Springs: 17.4 mi
- Chuckle Springs: 17.6 mi
- Cottonwood Spring: 19.4 mi
- Lillian Falls: 8.0 mi
- Salt Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Diamond Creek Falls: 9.0 mi
- Pringle Falls: 19.6 mi
- Burley Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Walker Rim: 23.7 mi
- Little Cultus Lake Boat Ramp: 12.9 mi
- Constitution Grove: 19.1 mi
- McCredie Hot Springs - South Bank: 17.0 mi
- McCredie Hot Springs - North Bank: 17.0 mi
- Paulina View Disc Golf Course: 22.4 mi
- Frontier Heritage Park: 23.2 mi
- La Pine State Park: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Maiden Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diamond Peak | SW 232° | 2,665.2 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cowhorn Mountain | SSW 196° | 2,314 m | 16.3 mi |
| The Twins | N 356° | 2,244 m | 5.5 mi |
| Fuji Mountain | WNW 288° | 2,177 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Yoran | WSW 243° | 2,164 m | 9.6 mi |
| Hamner Butte | ESE 121° | 2,158 m | 9.0 mi |
| Lakeview Mountain | SSW 210° | 2,151 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Ray | WNW 303° | 2,134 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:29 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:48 | 16:35 |
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 | 28 | 29 | 33 | 37 | 45 | 51 | 59 | 58 | 52 | 43 | 33 | 27 |
| Precip in | 5.7 | 4.7 | 3.3 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 4.7 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Odell Lake-east, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1145754 — Maiden Peak, Deschutes County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357312191
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