Mount Howard
Mount Howard rises to 2,512 m in Oregon. Sacajawea Peak stands 3,000 m to the west, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is East Peak, a peak 1.6 miles away. Hells Canyon passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
Mount Howard is located in the Wallowa region of northeast Oregon. The mountain is home to Wallowa Lake Tramway, the steepest tram in North America. At the top of the mountain, there is a restaurant called the Summit Grill and Alpine Patio. Mount Howard was named for Civil War general Oliver O. Howard. The 1,084-acre (4.39 km2) Mount Howard-East Peak area was designated as a National Natural Landmark in June 2016, in recognition of its botanically diverse montane grassland habitats and populations of endemic and rare plant species.
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Wikidata Q6921341, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2512 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Hells Canyon, National
- 22.4 mi off the Hells Canyon Scenic Byway
- 25.2 mi off the Hells Canyon (Spur), National
- 26.2 mi off the Grande Tour
Overlooks nearby
- Highlands Overlook · 1 mi
- Royal Purple Overlook · 1 mi
- Valley Overlook · 1 mi
- Hells Canyon Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- East Peak: 1.6 mi
- Bonneville Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Ferguson Ridge: 2.0 mi
- Aneroid Mountain North: 2.4 mi
- West Aneroid Peak: 3.5 mi
- Miner Spring: 12.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.1 mi
- Brant Spring: 18.9 mi
- Huckleberry Spring: 19.2 mi
- Standley Spring: 21.0 mi
- Garden Walk Bronze Monument: 6.8 mi
- Running Raiders Bronze Monument: 6.8 mi
- Chief Joseph Bronze Monument: 6.9 mi
- He Who Thinks He's Invisible Bronze Monument: 6.9 mi
- Attitude Adjustment Bronze Monument: 6.9 mi
- Wallowa Lake State Park: 2.3 mi
- Wallowa Lake County Park Public Beach: 5.5 mi
- Wayside Springs Forest Camp: 10.9 mi
- Enterprise City Park: 12.3 mi
- Warde Park: 12.4 mi
- Wallowa Falls: 1.9 mi
- BC Creek Falls: 2.2 mi
- Ice Falls: 4.6 mi
- Slick Rock Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
- Hunter Falls: 12.0 mi
- Little Alps Day Use Area: 1.7 mi
- Riverside Day Use Area: 2.1 mi
- Railrider Cycling Joseph Branch: 7.2 mi
- Wallowa County Museum: 6.7 mi
- Maxville Heritage Interpretive Center: 6.8 mi
- Wallowology Natural History Discovery Center: 7.1 mi
- Deadman Point: 12.2 mi
- Granite Cliff: 14.6 mi
- Wades Point: 17.9 mi
- All Around Cowboy: 6.8 mi
- Eagle: 12.3 mi
- Alder: 11.1 mi
- Cornucopia: 17.4 mi
- Pole Bridge Picknick Area: 14.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Mount Howard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sacajawea Peak | W 259° | 3,000 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hurwal Divide | W 269° | 2,980 m | 4.2 mi |
| Sacajawea-Matterhorn Ridge | WSW 254° | 2,979 m | 5.8 mi |
| Matterhorn | WSW 249° | 2,975 m | 6.3 mi |
| Aneroid Mountain | S 177° | 2,958.7 m | 4.0 mi |
| Twin Peaks | WNW 291° | 2,950 m | 8.6 mi |
| Point Joseph | WNW 294° | 2,933 m | 4.4 mi |
| Petes Point | SSW 202° | 2,932 m | 5.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:53 | 18:22 | 19:01 |
| June solstice | 05:02 | 19:55 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:37 | 18:09 | 18:48 |
| December solstice | 07:26 | 15:20 | 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, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357320146
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