Nihwik Mountain
Nihwik Mountain rises to 1,430 m in Oregon. Kerby Peak stands 1,659 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Serpentine Point, a peak 2.5 miles away. Cow Creek passes 29 miles off.
The story
Summit in Josephine County, Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077286, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,430 m
How to reach it
- 29.2 mi off the Cow Creek
Named places within 25 miles
- Serpentine Point: 2.5 mi
- Hayes Hill: 4.3 mi
- Horse Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Eight Dollar Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Gold Ridge: 5.5 mi
- Matson County Park: 11.5 mi
- Illinois River Forks State Park: 12.1 mi
- Whitehorse County Park: 12.9 mi
- Griffin County Park: 12.9 mi
- Ferry County Park: 13.0 mi
- It's a Burl gallery: 9.1 mi
- The Dovetail joint: 9.2 mi
- Itskut & Shakshak: 15.0 mi
- Community: 15.0 mi
- Old Man Miner Statue: 17.5 mi
- Butterfly Pavilion: 13.0 mi
- Great Cats World Park: 13.2 mi
- Fort Vanoy Farm Stand: 14.3 mi
- Hellgate: 18.4 mi
- Bear post office delivery bear: 18.9 mi
- Fort Briggs Historical Marker: 14.0 mi
- Reinhart Volunteer All Sports Park Entrance: 17.4 mi
- Rotary International Sundial: 17.6 mi
- Reinhart Volunteer Monument: 17.6 mi
- Car: 17.8 mi
- Kerbyville Museum: 9.3 mi
- Southern Oregon Bigfoot Experience: 11.4 mi
- Siskiyou Smokejumper Base Museum: 15.7 mi
- Grants Pass Museum of Art: 18.8 mi
- Pottsville Museum and Pioneer Town: 20.0 mi
- Siskiyou Field Institute - Deer Creek Center: 3.9 mi
- Lake Selmac County Park: 6.6 mi
- Woodcock Bog RNA (BLM): 13.9 mi
- Rough and Ready State Natural Site: 16.4 mi
- Rough and Ready Preserve: 17.4 mi
- Illinois River Falls: 5.8 mi
- Little Illinois River Falls: 6.4 mi
- Rainie Falls: 22.1 mi
- Loretta Falls: 24.3 mi
- Sixmile Recreation Site: 4.1 mi
- Store Gulch Picnic Site: 4.9 mi
- Iron Ring Picnic Site: 5.5 mi
- Green Wall: 16.4 mi
- Devils Slide: 17.4 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area Southbound: 20.0 mi
- Manzanita Rest Area Northbound: 20.1 mi
- Aching Spring: 5.7 mi
- Friends & Family Trellis: 17.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Nihwik Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerby Peak | SE 126° | 1,659 m | 13.0 mi |
| Little Grayback Peak | SE 130° | 1,650 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mungers Butte | ESE 110° | 1,578 m | 15.6 mi |
| Holcomb Peak | SE 126° | 1,566 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pearsoll Peak | WSW 256° | 1,554 m | 9.4 mi |
| Fish Hook Peak | NW 318° | 1,533 m | 18.6 mi |
| Fiddler Mountain | SW 219° | 1,497 m | 8.1 mi |
| Morgans Buckhorn | ESE 114° | 1,477 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:50 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:39 | 20:13 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:37 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:00 | 16:46 |
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 | 41 | 44 | 47 | 52 | 59 | 65 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 46 | 40 |
| Precip in | 11.4 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 8.0 | 12.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cave Junction 1 WNW, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1150288 — Nihwik Mountain, Josephine County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357316003
Day trips start here
- Merlin · 17 mi
- Grants Pass · 19 mi
- Oregon Caves National Monument · 21 mi
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