Quartz Mountain
Quartz Mountain rises to 1,844 m in Oregon. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quartz Valley Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 24 miles off. 110 named places lie within 25 miles, 57 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,844 m
How to reach it
- 23.7 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
110 named places within 25 miles
- Quartz Valley Mountain: 1.3 mi
- North Butte: 1.4 mi
- Quartz Butte: 2.0 mi
- Owen Butte: 2.4 mi
- Angel Peak: 4.7 mi
- Road Spring: 6.3 mi
- Round Spring: 6.3 mi
- Blonde Spring: 6.6 mi
- Mitten Spring: 7.0 mi
- Salt Spring: 7.2 mi
- Coleman Rim: 6.6 mi
- Barnes Rim: 11.4 mi
- Cub Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Dead Horse Rim: 13.6 mi
- Gerber Rim: 16.7 mi
- Mitchell Monument: 7.1 mi
- Mitchell Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Paddock Camp: 13.2 mi
- Booth State Park: 15.5 mi
- Cottonwood Reservoir County Park: 16.6 mi
- Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial: 7.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Quartz Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhart Mountain | NNW 344° | 2,551 m | 11.6 mi |
| Peak 8272 | NNW 345° | 2,521 m | 11.9 mi |
| Dead Horse Rim 8064 | N 6° | 2,458 m | 15.0 mi |
| Cougar Peak | ESE 101° | 2,414 m | 9.5 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ESE 122° | 2,368 m | 10.5 mi |
| hill 7577 | N 6° | 2,309 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bald Butte 7536 | N 3° | 2,297 m | 19.4 mi |
| Blue Mountain | ESE 112° | 2,289 m | 7.5 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 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:49 | 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, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1125736 — Quartz Mountain, Lake County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357286443
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