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Mount Mitchell

Mount Mitchell, seen from above at true elevation

Mount Mitchell rises to 1,448 m in Oregon. Schreiner Peak stands 1,740 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Frazier Mountain, a peak 2.4 miles away. West Cascades passes 3.7 miles off.

The story

Mount Mitchell is a mountain in Clackamas County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is located southwest of Mount Hood in the Roaring River Wilderness on the Mount Hood National Forest. The mountain was named for Roy Mitchell, a veteran of World War I who died fighting a wild fire. Prior to 1923 the mountain had been known as Oak Grove mountain although there were no oak trees on the mountain.

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Wikidata Q6922213, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1448 m

How to reach it

Coordinates45.10849, -121.98003

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Frazier Mountain: 2.4 mi
  • Grouse Point: 3.9 mi
  • Oak Grove Butte: 4.2 mi
  • Indian Ridge: 4.3 mi
  • Signal Buttes: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 29
  • Memaloose Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Clackamas Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Lower Clackamas Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Pegleg Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Yocum Falls: 16.5 mi
Parks: 20
  • Hole in the Wall Day Use Area: 8.0 mi
  • Carter Bridge Day Use Site: 9.6 mi
  • Big Eddy Day Use Site: 10.5 mi
  • Moore Creek Boat Access Site: 11.8 mi
  • Hoodland County Park: 16.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Salmon River Slab: 12.8 mi
  • Big Cliff: 13.3 mi
  • Big Cliff: 13.4 mi
  • Mississippi Head: 21.1 mi
  • Illumination Rock: 22.2 mi
Attractions: 10
  • West Coast Airlines Flight 956: 10.5 mi
  • Clackamas Lake Historic Guard Station: 11.2 mi
  • Bagby Hot Springs: 15.3 mi
  • Underwater Viewing Chamber: 16.7 mi
  • Underwater Viewing Chamber: 16.7 mi
Springs: 7
  • Clackamas Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Clackamas Springs: 11.6 mi
  • Bagby Hot Springs: 15.3 mi
  • Kane Springs: 22.6 mi
  • Kane Springs: 22.6 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Susannah Lee Barlow & Samuel Kimbrough Barlow: 17.4 mi
  • Upper Sandy Guard Station Cabin: 21.0 mi
  • Gnarl Ridge Shelter Remains: 23.8 mi
  • Original Stash Tribute Plaque: 24.6 mi
Picnic sites: 2
Rest areas: 1
Ghost towns: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Mount Mitchell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Schreiner PeakSSW 192°1,740 m14.7 mi
Sisi ButteSSE 154°1,714.195 m15.9 mi
West Pinhead ButteSE 143°1,688 m14.9 mi
Big Slide MountainSSW 197°1,684 m15.6 mi
Knob PeakSSW 194°1,681 m15.0 mi
North Pinhead ButteSE 135°1,641 m15.6 mi
South Dickey PeakSSW 203°1,631 m15.6 mi
Mount LoweS 178°1,625 m10.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4219:21
June solstice05:2220:1420:59
September equinox06:5618:2819:07
December solstice07:4415:4016:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F373943485459656661514237
Precip in9.37.18.06.24.43.00.60.72.16.210.011.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Three Lynx, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1146526 — Mount Mitchell, Clackamas County, Oregon.

OpenStreetMap element node/357312678

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