Switchback Hill
Switchback Hill rises to 1,502 m in Oregon. Swan Lake Point stands 2,216 m to the west-southwest, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Switchboard Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Volcanic Legacy passes 20 miles off.
The story
mountain in Oregon, United States of America
Wikidata Q49080531, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1502 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Switchboard Hill: 0.0 mi
- Round Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Cruikshank Butte: 2.9 mi
- Watchdog Butte: 4.3 mi
- Eagle Butte: 4.9 mi
- Nimrod River County Park: 5.4 mi
- Klamath Falls-Lakeview Forest State Park: 10.7 mi
- Hagelstein County Park: 13.2 mi
- Steen Sports Park: 16.7 mi
- Stevenson Park: 16.8 mi
- COLUMBIA & COVITZ #5: 18.9 mi
- SNOW SPREADER WEYCO #031: 19.1 mi
- CABOOSE SP #4753: 19.1 mi
- BURRO CRANE Model 30: 19.1 mi
- SLEEPER CAR NCL#2089 -- Lettered CN: 19.1 mi
- Swan Lake Rim: 5.2 mi
- Ya Whee Plateau Rim: 8.1 mi
- Algoma Incline: 12.8 mi
- Modoc Rim: 13.7 mi
- Modoc Rim: 15.0 mi
- The M: 15.7 mi
- Oregon Tech Sign: 16.0 mi
- Lakeside Manner: 16.5 mi
- The H: 16.5 mi
- OIT Solar Lighting Project: 16.5 mi
- Klamath County Museum: 17.5 mi
- Children’s Museum of Klamath Falls: 17.5 mi
- Baldwin Hotel Museum: 18.4 mi
- The Favell Museum: 18.5 mi
- Train Mountain Railroad Museum - Central Station: 19.1 mi
- Arboretum: 16.3 mi
- Native Plant Garden: 16.5 mi
- Monarch Waystation: 17.2 mi
- Castle Quad: 16.4 mi
- Castle Quad: 16.4 mi
- Osprey: 22.2 mi
- Root Beer Falls: 23.2 mi
- Klamath Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Switchback Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swan Lake Point | WSW 258° | 2,216 m | 5.8 mi |
| Yainax Butte | ESE 115° | 2,201.266 m | 16.2 mi |
| Swan Lake Mountain | W 269° | 2,141.525 m | 7.0 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | NW 317° | 2,090.014 m | 8.1 mi |
| Fuego Mountain | NNE 22° | 2,080 m | 16.0 mi |
| Edgewood Mountain | W 266° | 2,038 m | 8.0 mi |
| Calimus Butte | N 360° | 2,012 m | 14.3 mi |
| Modoc Benchmark | W 277° | 2,000.098 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:10 | 18:42 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:05 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:28 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 15:52 | 16:37 |
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 | 44 | 52 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 58 | 47 | 37 | 30 |
| Precip in | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Klamath Falls Intl AP, 21 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357355560
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