Palisade Rocks
Palisade Rocks rises to 1,991 m in Oregon. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the west-northwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Rock, a peak 0.7 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 19 miles off. 118 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,991 m
How to reach it
- 18.8 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
118 named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Rock: 0.7 mi
- The Dome: 1.5 mi
- Haystack Rock: 2.6 mi
- Gearhart Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Peak 8272: 3.9 mi
- Lookout Spring: 1.0 mi
- Mitten Spring: 2.1 mi
- Box Spring: 2.6 mi
- Watson Spring: 2.9 mi
- Salt Spring: 3.3 mi
- Mitchell Monument: 3.4 mi
- Mitchell Recreation Area: 3.4 mi
- Paddock Camp: 7.5 mi
- Foster Field: 16.7 mi
- Cottonwood Reservoir County Park: 21.8 mi
- Dead Horse Rim: 4.6 mi
- Coleman Rim: 9.8 mi
- Cub Cliff: 18.5 mi
- Gerber Rim: 19.8 mi
- Barnes Rim: 20.4 mi
- Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial: 3.3 mi
- Merritt Creek Trestle: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Palisade Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhart Mountain | WNW 303° | 2,551 m | 3.8 mi |
| Peak 8272 | NW 307° | 2,521 m | 3.9 mi |
| Dead Horse Rim 8064 | NNE 15° | 2,458 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SE 140° | 2,414 m | 14.4 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | SSE 149° | 2,368 m | 17.2 mi |
| Slide Mountain | NNE 17° | 2,366 m | 15.6 mi |
| hill 7577 | NNE 13° | 2,309 m | 7.2 mi |
| Bald Butte 7536 | N 7° | 2,297 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 32 | 35 | 39 | 43 | 52 | 59 | 68 | 65 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 31 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BLY 4 SE, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357305841
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