Steens Mountain
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Steens Mountain rises to 2,968 m in Oregon. Devine Rock stands 2,372 m to the east-northeast, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Alvord Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern, a nature reserve 1.3 miles away. Steens Loop passes 2.0 miles off. 47 named places lie within 25 miles, 21 of them named summits.
The story
Steens Mountain is a large fault-block mountain in the northwest United States, located in Harney County, Oregon. Stretching some fifty miles (80 km) north to south, on its east side it rises from the Alvord Desert at an elevation of about 4,200 feet (1,280 m) to 9,738 feet (2,968 m) at the summit. Steens Mountain is not part of a mountain range but is properly a single mountain, the largest of Oregon's fault-block mountains. The Steens Mountain Wilderness encompasses 170,166 acres (265.9 sq mi; 688.6 km2) of Steens Mountain. 98,859 acres (154.5 sq mi; 400.1 km2) of the Wilderness are protected from grazing and free of cattle.
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Wikidata Q2335876, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2968 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Steens Loop
- 3.8 mi off the East Steens
- 18.7 mi off the High Desert Discovery
- 26.2 mi off the Diamond Loop
Overlooks nearby
- East Rim Overlook · 2 mi
- Kiger Gorge Overlook · 5 mi
- Big Indian Overlook · 6 mi
- Little Blitzen Overlook · 7 mi
47 named places within 25 miles
- Devine Rock: 2.0 mi
- West Point: 5.0 mi
- Middle Point: 5.0 mi
- East Point: 5.0 mi
- The Butte: 11.9 mi
- Big Alvord Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 1.3 mi
- Little Wildhorse Lake Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 1.4 mi
- East Kiger Plateau Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 8.8 mi
- Mickey Hot Springs Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 11.9 mi
- Mickey Basin Area of Critical Environmental Concern: 12.4 mi
- Alvord Hot Springs: 6.7 mi
- Alvord Hot Springs: 6.8 mi
- Mickey Hot Springs: 12.0 mi
- P Ranch: 20.6 mi
- Borax Hot Springs: 21.4 mi
- Belzar Spring: 7.5 mi
- Frog Springs: 9.1 mi
- Big Springs: 9.6 mi
- Big Springs: 15.1 mi
- Page Springs: 18.7 mi
- Frog Spring - Alvord Desert Access: 9.1 mi
- Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area: 15.2 mi
- Frenchglen Hotel State Heritage Site: 21.6 mi
- Tule Springs Rims: 18.2 mi
- Catlow Rim: 18.8 mi
- Mann Lake Recreation Site: 12.0 mi
- Andrews: 12.0 mi
- Mickey Hot Springs: 12.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Steens Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devine Rock | ENE 68° | 2,372 m | 2.0 mi |
| Alvord Peak | SSW 198° | 2,173.83 m | 20.9 mi |
| The Peaks | SSW 200° | 2,137 m | 18.6 mi |
| Moon Hill | NNW 345° | 1,929 m | 15.8 mi |
| Mickey Butte | ENE 66° | 1,917 m | 12.6 mi |
| Table Mountain | NE 55° | 1,841 m | 21.5 mi |
| Home Creek Butte | WSW 251° | 1,829 m | 16.5 mi |
| Whisky Hill | SSW 200° | 1,801 m | 15.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:07 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 19:53 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:42 | 18:16 | 18:53 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 15:39 | 16:24 |
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 | 31 | 35 | 42 | 47 | 56 | 63 | 74 | 72 | 63 | 51 | 38 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fields, 26 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1127571 — Steens Mountain, Harney County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357288936
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