Peak · Oregon

Saddle Mountain

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Saddle Mountain rises to 1,001 m in Oregon. Rogers Peak stands 1,116 m to the south-southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 11 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

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Saddle Mountain is the tallest mountain in Clatsop County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Part of the Oregon Coast Range, Saddle Mountain is in Saddle Mountain State Natural Area in the northwest corner of Oregon. The peak is listed on Oregon's Register of Natural Heritage Resources.

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Wikidata Q7397701, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 1001 m

Getting there

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Coordinates45.96907, -123.68537

11.2 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
20.4 mi off the JCT ASTORIA-MEGLAR BRIDGE TO FOWLER STREET IN RAYMOND
20.8 mi off the JCT SR 101 VIC POINTE ELLICE TO JCT SR 4 VIC NASELLE
21.8 mi off the JCT 101 VIC LONG BEACH TO COAL CREEK RD VIC LONGVIEW CITY LIMITS

Overlooks nearby

Silver Point Interpretive Overlook · 15 mi
Nassa Point · 22 mi
Cathlamet Viewpoint · 22 mi

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks60

Humbug Mountain: 3.0 mi
Snow Point: 3.4 mi
Green Mountain: 3.6 mi
Sister Green Mountain: 4.6 mi
Davis Point: 7.2 mi

Parks

David Douglas County Park: 4.5 mi
Lee Wooden County Park: 4.9 mi
Youngs River Falls: 8.4 mi
Sigfredson County Park: 8.7 mi
Sigfridson County Park: 8.7 mi

Historic sites26

Loggers Memorial: 6.7 mi
End of the Trail: 11.9 mi
Sailor's Grave: 12.1 mi
U.S Post Office site (historic): 16.5 mi
Historic marker: 16.8 mi

Museums17

Camp 18 Logging Museum: 6.7 mi
Seaside Museum: 11.7 mi
Cannon Beach History Center And Museum: 14.3 mi
Fort Clatsop Interperitive Center: 14.8 mi
Firefighters Museum: 16.4 mi

Attractions14

High Life Aerial Challenge Course: 11.7 mi
Fort Clatsop Replica: 14.7 mi
Time Capsule: 16.0 mi
Goonies "Mikey's House": 16.4 mi
Goonies "Data’s House": 16.4 mi

Nature reserves10

Saddle Mountain State Natural Area: 2.7 mi
Gearhart Ocean State Park: 12.2 mi
God's Valley Wildlife Area: 13.1 mi
Twilight Eagle Sanctuary: 13.7 mi
Chapman Point Marine Garden: 14.2 mi

Artworks8

Shearwater Gallery: 11.8 mi
Endangered Species: 14.1 mi
Replica Cannon: 14.3 mi
Tufted Puffins: 14.4 mi
Taffy the Puffin: 14.4 mi

Waterfalls6

Fishhawk Falls: 5.0 mi
Youngs River Falls: 8.4 mi
Hug Point Falls: 16.4 mi
Barrier Falls: 16.6 mi
Nehalem Falls: 17.3 mi

Beaches6

Seaside Beach: 11.9 mi
Crescent Beach: 14.2 mi
Westport Beach: 19.0 mi
Short Sand Beach: 19.8 mi
Columbia Beach: 20.0 mi

Ghost towns5

Necanicum: 6.4 mi
Clifton: 19.8 mi
Frankfort: 21.8 mi
Knappton: 22.1 mi
Brighton: 23.5 mi

Cliffs5

The Rock: 19.7 mi
Landslide: 20.9 mi
Yellow Bluff: 21.0 mi
Pigeon Bluff: 21.0 mi
The Billboard: 24.1 mi

Picnic sites4

Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
Klootchy Creek County Park: 10.5 mi
Cullaby Lake County Park: 13.3 mi
Arcadia Beach: 15.7 mi

Gardens4

Garden of Surging Waves: 16.7 mi
Hoffman Wonder Garden: 20.9 mi
Ford Stevens Memorial Rose Garden: 21.2 mi
Erikson Community Garden: 21.6 mi

Rest areas2

Sunset Rest Area: 16.2 mi
Dismal Nitch Rest Area: 21.1 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Saddle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Rogers Peak	SSE 162°	1,116 m	22.0 mi
Larch Mountain	SSE 150°	1,044 m	24.7 mi
Triangulation Point	S 175°	986 m	23.4 mi
Buck Mountain	SSE 168°	944 m	18.1 mi
Pinochle Peak	SSE 169°	944 m	18.6 mi
West Onion Peak	SW 224°	937.5 m	15.4 mi
Onion Peak	SW 222°	931.7 m	14.3 mi
Nicolai Mountain	NE 53°	902 m	13.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:48	19:27
June solstice	05:25	20:23	21:10
September equinox	07:02	18:35	19:14
December solstice	07:54	15:43	16:33

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	46	46	47	49	53	56	59	60	58	54	48	45
Precip in	11.0	8.1	9.4	6.6	3.9	2.7	0.9	1.2	2.9	6.6	12.0	11.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seaside, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikipedia Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4244878215

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