Mount Pisgah
Mount Pisgah rises to 466 m in Oregon. Bear Mountain stands 1,116 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Pisgah Sighting Pedestal, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Cottage Grove Covered Bridge passes 14 miles off.
The story
Mount Pisgah is a small mountain (summit) in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to a maximum elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. It is situated between the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River, two miles (3.2 km) southeast of their confluence. Springfield is immediately north of Mount Pisgah, and the city of Eugene is about seven miles (11 km) west. It is the site of the 2,363 acres (956 ha) Howard Buford Recreation Area as well as the non-profit Mount Pisgah Arboretum at its base.
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Wikidata Q6922774, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 466 m
How to reach it
- 14.4 mi off the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge
- 24.7 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
- 28.8 mi off the West Cascades, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Mt. Pisgah Sighting Pedestal: 0.0 mi
- Dinosaur on Hill: 3.4 mi
- Springfield 125th Anniversary Mural: 3.8 mi
- Luigi Testa Sculpture Garden: 3.8 mi
- Express Yourself: 3.9 mi
- Swing Hill: 1.0 mi
- Short Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Moon Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sellers Butte: 3.9 mi
- Vitus Butte: 4.6 mi
- Volunteer Park: 2.3 mi
- Douglas Gardens Park: 2.3 mi
- 32nd Street Community Sports Park: 2.4 mi
- Quartz Park: 2.6 mi
- Jasper Meadows Park: 2.6 mi
- Georgia Pacific Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Thurston Hills Natural Area: 3.3 mi
- Coryell Ridge: 3.8 mi
- Weyerhaeuser McKenzie Natural Area: 4.0 mi
- Suzanne Arlie Park: 4.0 mi
- Patricia Baker Wildflower Garden: 0.8 mi
- Learning Garden: 3.6 mi
- Laurel Valley Educational Farm: 4.6 mi
- Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden: 5.2 mi
- Grove Community Garden: 5.6 mi
- In Memory Of American Veterans: 3.3 mi
- Thurston High School shooting memorial: 3.4 mi
- Willamette Heights Pillar: 3.7 mi
- Vietnam War: 3.9 mi
- Springfield Veterans' Memorial Plaza: 3.9 mi
- Springfield History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Museum of Natural and Cultural History: 5.8 mi
- Cascades Raptor Center: 5.9 mi
- Eugene Science Center: 6.4 mi
- Creswell Historical Museum: 6.8 mi
- Elijah Bristow Monument: 3.0 mi
- Living History Village: 3.2 mi
- Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 3.3 mi
- Nicolas Cage balcony: 6.5 mi
- Mim's House: 7.1 mi
- Spliff Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Franklin Perch: 5.2 mi
- Climbing Columns: 7.5 mi
- Lenon Hill: 11.6 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Southbound: 11.0 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Northbound: 11.1 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Northbound: 16.6 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Southbound: 16.7 mi
- Chicken Shack: 3.1 mi
- Signal Point Day Use Area: 16.1 mi
- Hampton Boating Site: 22.8 mi
- Brice Creek Falls: 22.4 mi
- Spirit Falls: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Mount Pisgah. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,116 m | 11.8 mi |
| Buckhorn Mountain | SSE 151° | 1,016 m | 16.8 mi |
| Mount Nebo | NE 51° | 991 m | 16.7 mi |
| Buck Mountain | N 355° | 961.6 m | 13.3 mi |
| Mount Tom | N 356° | 954 m | 14.3 mi |
| Eagles Rest | SE 135° | 922 m | 15.4 mi |
| Miles Peak | E 81° | 897 m | 15.8 mi |
| Round Mountain | N 8° | 852.2 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 15:50 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout PT DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357286137
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