Purple Mountain
Purple Mountain rises to 719 m in Oregon. Iron Mountain stands 1,242 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Pearse Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Purple Mountain is a 2,333-foot (711 m) mountain in the southwest portion of the U.S. state of Oregon. It is one of many densely forested peaks located in the Oregon Coast Range. Purple Mountain is located in Siskiyou National Forest, 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi) northeast of Humbug Mountain, which rises from the Pacific Ocean along the Oregon coastline. The Elk River passes by the northern base of the mountain some 2,000 feet (610 m) below the peak, only 900 metres (0.56 mi) away. This article incorporates public domain material from "Purple Mountain (Oregon)". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q14709205, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 718.7184 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
- 25.4 mi off the Charleston to Bandon
Overlooks nearby
- Meyers Creek Beach Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pearse Peak: 0.4 mi
- Father Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Anvil Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Rocky Peak: 3.0 mi
- Humbug Mountain Day Use Area: 3.7 mi
- Sixes River Recreation Site: 7.5 mi
- Battle Rock Wayside Park: 7.6 mi
- Buffington Memorial Park: 8.3 mi
- Edson County Park: 8.4 mi
- Battle Rock: 7.6 mi
- Sixes Bluff: 11.7 mi
- Thoms Point: 14.4 mi
- Twin Sisters: 16.4 mi
- Buck Point: 21.5 mi
- Wreck of the Cottoneva: 7.6 mi
- Radio Tower Ruins: 8.3 mi
- Curry County Veterans Memoria;: 21.3 mi
- Port Orford Lifeboat Station: 8.3 mi
- Curry Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
- Rogue River Ranch Museum: 23.9 mi
- China F;at: 15.5 mi
- Big Tree: 18.9 mi
- Pine Point Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
- Prehistoric Gardens: 6.6 mi
- West Coast Game Park Safari: 21.5 mi
- Ophir Beach: 10.8 mi
- Wakeman Beach: 15.3 mi
- Coquille River Falls: 16.9 mi
- Stair Creek Falls: 22.9 mi
- Dream Chaser Garden: 22.1 mi
- Rogue River Ranch fenced garden: 23.9 mi
- Frankport: 8.0 mi
- Ophir Rest Area: 11.8 mi
- Cape Blanco Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Purple Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | E 92° | 1,242.06 m | 10.7 mi |
| Ophir Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,208.837 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 92° | 1,102 m | 15.9 mi |
| Barklow Mountain | ENE 73° | 1,094.232 m | 10.6 mi |
| Copper Mountain | E 83° | 1,085.698 m | 9.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | ESE 115° | 1,077 m | 13.2 mi |
| Devils Half Acre | ESE 110° | 1,069 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lake of the Woods Mountain | ESE 124° | 1,042.1 m | 13.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:40 | 20:17 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:01 | 16:47 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 48 |
| Precip in | 11.6 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 10.2 | 12.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Orford #2, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1148056 — Purple Mountain, Curry County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357313853
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