Porcupine Mountain
Porcupine Mountain rises to 1,605 m in Oregon. Mount Ashland stands 2,296 m to the west-northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Pilot Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away.
The story
Mountain in Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063411, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,605 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pilot Rock: 1.4 mi
- Joes Rock: 1.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Little Pilot Peak: 2.7 mi
- Little Pilot Rock: 2.8 mi
- Tub Springs State Park: 7.1 mi
- Juniper Point Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Clay Street Park: 11.8 mi
- Garden Way Park: 11.9 mi
- Sherwood Park: 11.9 mi
- Alden Historical Marker: 8.5 mi
- Iron Gate Dam: 9.5 mi
- Klamathon: 10.4 mi
- Copco Number 2 Dam: 11.4 mi
- Copco Number 1 Dam: 11.7 mi
- Clay St Community Garden: 11.8 mi
- Japanese Garden: 13.5 mi
- Ashland Creek Community Garden: 13.8 mi
- Helman Community Garden: 14.2 mi
- Pollenator Garden: 20.7 mi
- ScienceWorks: 12.6 mi
- Green Show: 13.6 mi
- Oregon Shakespeare Festival: 13.6 mi
- Cedarwood barn: 17.5 mi
- Sterling Mine Tunnel: 20.2 mi
- Klamath River Fishing Access: 10.8 mi
- Oredson-Todd Woods: 10.9 mi
- Siskiyou Mountain Park: 11.1 mi
- Sharon Fen Preserve: 15.0 mi
- China Hill Yreka Phlox Preserve: 21.2 mi
- Ward's Canyon: 10.9 mi
- Pompadour Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Klamath Rim: 12.3 mi
- Payne Cliffs: 20.2 mi
- Rock Slide: 21.9 mi
- Jenny Creek Spring: 14.9 mi
- Sheep Camp Spring: 17.0 mi
- Dutchman Spring: 17.8 mi
- Big Springs: 18.3 mi
- Yellowjacket Spring: 20.0 mi
- Mirror Cove Picnic Area: 7.9 mi
- Madrone: 13.3 mi
- Lower Greenhorn Picnic Area: 23.9 mi
- Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 24.9 mi
- Captain Morgan: 5.0 mi
- Jack Daniel: 5.0 mi
- Welcoming Dragon: 20.4 mi
- Welcome Sign / Sculpture: 22.3 mi
- Talent Historical Society: 18.6 mi
- Phoenix Museum: 21.3 mi
- Railroad Museum: 22.1 mi
- Siskiyou County Museum: 22.8 mi
- Siskiyou Rest Area: 10.0 mi
- Randolph E. Collier Rest Area: 13.5 mi
- Suncrest Rest Area: 19.1 mi
- Pinehurst: 10.3 mi
- Sterlingville: 23.9 mi
- Buncom: 24.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Porcupine Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Ashland | WNW 285° | 2,296 m | 9.2 mi |
| Wagner Butte | WNW 293° | 2,211 m | 12.8 mi |
| McDonald Peak | WNW 283° | 2,203 m | 11.1 mi |
| Siskiyou Peak | W 275° | 2,178 m | 11.4 mi |
| Big Red Mountain | W 272° | 2,149 m | 15.3 mi |
| Split Rock | WNW 286° | 2,109 m | 11.4 mi |
| Cottonwood Peak | SSW 206° | 2,014 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sterling Mountain | WSW 257° | 2,012 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:46 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 20:08 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:57 | 16:42 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 37 | 41 | 45 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 74 | 74 | 67 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copco #1 DAM, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1125566 — Porcupine Mountain, Jackson County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357286272
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