Mount Scott
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Mount Scott rises to 2,636 m in Oregon. Mount Thielsen stands 2,799 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Pothole Spring, a spring 1.3 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Mount Scott is a small stratovolcano and a so-called parasitic cone on the southeast flank of Crater Lake in southern Oregon. It is approximately 420,000 years old. Its summit is the highest point within Crater Lake National Park, and the tenth highest peak in the Oregon Cascades. A small fire lookout tower stands on the summit, at the end of a trail that zigzags approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) up the mountain. The mountain is named for Oregon pioneer Levi Scott, founder of Scottsburg, Oregon.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q1507158, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2636 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
- 15.2 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Overlooks nearby
- Cloudcap · 2 mi
- Pumice Castle Overlook · 2 mi
- Victor View · 2 mi
- Skell Head · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cloudcap: 1.4 mi
- Roundtop: 3.6 mi
- Scout Hill: 3.8 mi
- Pothole Butte: 4.1 mi
- Bear Butte: 4.3 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 1.4 mi
- Anderson Bluffs: 1.5 mi
- Redcloud Cliff: 1.9 mi
- Redcloud Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Pumice Castle: 2.1 mi
- Pothole Spring: 1.3 mi
- Anderson Spring: 1.8 mi
- Cascade Spring: 2.1 mi
- Maklaks Spring: 6.2 mi
- Munson Springs: 6.3 mi
- Plaikni Falls: 1.9 mi
- Vidae Falls: 5.0 mi
- Duwee Falls: 7.8 mi
- Annie Falls: 8.8 mi
- Stuart Falls: 13.1 mi
- Scott Creek Campground: 5.3 mi
- Jackson F Kimball State Park: 12.9 mi
- Thunder Beast Park: 13.4 mi
- Fort Klamath Park Museum: 16.0 mi
- Fort Klamath Park: 16.1 mi
- Vidae Falls Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Annie Falls (and Udo's): 8.9 mi
- Beaver Marsh Rest Area - Northbound: 20.8 mi
- Beaver Marsh Rest Area - Southbound: 21.1 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 21.8 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 6.4 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 20.5 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Plaque: 6.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 20.6 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 6.3 mi
- Natural Bridge: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Mount Scott. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Thielsen | N 351° | 2,799.4 m | 16.1 mi |
| Garfield Peak | WSW 256° | 2,454 m | 5.6 mi |
| Llao Rock | WNW 300° | 2,453 m | 7.0 mi |
| Applegate Peak | WSW 250° | 2,450 m | 4.8 mi |
| Cloudcap | WNW 294° | 2,444 m | 1.4 mi |
| The Watchman | W 280° | 2,442 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hillman Peak | WNW 284° | 2,433 m | 8.0 mi |
| Williams Crater | WNW 284° | 2,315 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:43 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:08 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:51 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 45 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 26 |
| Precip in | 10.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crater Lake NPS HQ, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Crater Lake National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1149176 — Mount Scott, Klamath County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357315268
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 5 mi
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