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Round Top

Round Top, seen from above at true elevation

Round Top rises to 909 m in Oregon. Rogers Peak stands 1,116 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Larch Mountain, a peak 3.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 9.1 miles off.

About

The story

Round Top is the third-highest mountain in Washington County, Oregon with an elevation of 2,982 feet (909 m). It is in the Northern Oregon Coast Range and is located 4.3 miles (7 km) southwest of Timber, and 9 miles (14.5 km) north of South Saddle Mountain. From 1933 to 1946, the summit was the site of a fire lookout tower and cabin.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q7371147, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
909 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.67733, -123.36206
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Larch Mountain: 3.4 mi
  • Giveout Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Eagle Peak: 5.7 mi
  • Wildcat Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Belding Point: 6.9 mi
Parks
  • Rogers Forest Park: 3.8 mi
  • Nehalem River Trail and Park: 4.5 mi
  • Lyda Camp OHV Staging Area: 7.4 mi
  • Banks-Vernonia State Trail: 9.6 mi
  • Rogers Park: 11.8 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 19
Waterfalls: 13
Attractions: 11
  • Old Tractor: 21.6 mi
  • Old West Town: 21.8 mi
  • Matt's Grand Canyon: 21.8 mi
  • Pirate Ship: 21.8 mi
  • Treehouse: 21.8 mi
Artworks: 8
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 4
Gardens: 4
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 21.5 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 21.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 23.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 2
  • Normandin Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.9 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Jones Creek Day Use Area: 11.2 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sunset Rest Area: 9.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Round Top. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rogers PeakW 265°1,116 m9.0 mi
South Saddle MountainS 184°1,048 m8.9 mi
Larch MountainWSW 249°1,044 m3.4 mi
Trask MountainSSW 192°1,040 m21.6 mi
Hembre RidgeSSW 207°1,039.4 m12.6 mi
Triangulation PointWSW 257°986 m14.0 mi
Kings MountainWSW 240°977 m8.5 mi
Buck MountainWNW 282°944 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2520:2121:07
September equinox07:0118:3419:13
December solstice07:5215:4316:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394044475357626358504238
Precip in6.95.35.33.72.41.40.40.51.84.17.78.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vernonia #2, 15 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1126337 — Round Top, Washington County, Oregon.

OpenStreetMap element node/357287371

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