Moss Pass Butte
Moss Pass Butte rises to 2,223 m in Oregon. Drake Peak stands 2,563 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Moss Spring, a spring 0.6 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 9.6 miles off. 116 named places lie within 25 miles, 58 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,223 m
How to reach it
- 9.6 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
116 named places within 25 miles
- Round Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Myers Butte: 3.3 mi
- Doe Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Morgan Butte: 4.7 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Moss Spring: 0.6 mi
- Cannon Spring: 0.8 mi
- Buck Spring: 1.3 mi
- Clem Spring: 2.3 mi
- Antelope Springs: 4.1 mi
- Chandler State Wayside: 12.0 mi
- Abert Rim Viewpoint: 15.1 mi
- Cottonwood Reservoir County Park: 16.2 mi
- Mitchell Monument: 18.3 mi
- Mitchell Recreation Area: 18.3 mi
- Coleman Rim: 12.3 mi
- Dead Horse Rim: 14.7 mi
- Abert Rim: 14.9 mi
- Cub Cliff: 17.3 mi
- Mc Chuck Wagon Western Heritage Exhibit: 21.3 mi
- Lake County Museum: 21.6 mi
- Schminck Memorial Museum: 21.6 mi
- Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial: 18.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moss Pass Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drake Peak | ESE 122° | 2,563 m | 23.1 mi |
| Gearhart Mountain | W 274° | 2,551 m | 18.9 mi |
| Light Peak | ESE 123° | 2,538 m | 21.9 mi |
| Peak 8272 | W 275° | 2,521 m | 18.8 mi |
| Twelvemile Peak | ESE 120° | 2,482 m | 20.6 mi |
| Dead Horse Rim 8064 | WNW 290° | 2,458 m | 14.9 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SSW 208° | 2,414 m | 13.4 mi |
| Crook Peak | ESE 114° | 2,388 m | 19.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:06 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:26 | 20:01 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:50 | 18:24 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 15:47 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paisley, 15 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1146507 — Moss Pass Butte, Lake County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357312675
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