Tap Horn Butte
Tap Horn Butte rises to 1,162 m in Oregon. Baldy stands 1,793 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Table Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Summit in Wheeler County, Oregon, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49077188, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,162 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Journey Through Time
Overlooks nearby
- Blue Basin Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Table Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Kentucky Butte: 2.1 mi
- Camel Hump: 3.2 mi
- Heidtmann Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Tittie Butte: 3.9 mi
- Stovepipe Springs: 7.1 mi
- Sandrock Springs: 15.3 mi
- White Rock Spring: 16.4 mi
- Nelson Spring: 18.5 mi
- Masterson Spring: 19.4 mi
- The Blue Banks: 5.7 mi
- Carroll Rim: 9.4 mi
- The Palisades: 17.4 mi
- North Point: 20.2 mi
- Painted Cove Trail: 9.8 mi
- Leaf Hill Trail: 11.0 mi
- Fossil Digging site: 17.2 mi
- Arch Trail: 17.4 mi
- Shelton Wayside County Park: 9.7 mi
- Julia A Henderson Pioneer Park: 9.9 mi
- Bear Hollow County Park: 12.3 mi
- Waterman: 15.4 mi
- Kinzua: 16.3 mi
- Horse Heaven: 18.5 mi
- National Motorcycle Riders Memorial: 9.6 mi
- H H Wheeler Historical Marker: 13.3 mi
- Burnt Ranch Recreation Site: 10.9 mi
- Lower Burnt Ranch Recreation Site: 11.2 mi
- Wheeler Court House Park: 17.0 mi
- Spray Riverfront Park: 17.2 mi
- Clarno Arch: 17.4 mi
- Bandit Springs Rest Area: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Tap Horn Butte. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldy | SE 131° | 1,793 m | 10.7 mi |
| Keyes Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,746 m | 12.4 mi |
| Flock Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,675 m | 12.1 mi |
| Monroe Roughs | SSE 153° | 1,636 m | 11.7 mi |
| Iron Mountain | ESE 112° | 1,587 m | 11.8 mi |
| Toney Butte | SSE 150° | 1,556 m | 8.0 mi |
| Rancheria Rock | N 359° | 1,496 m | 9.6 mi |
| Corral Mountain | N 8° | 1,478 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:04 | 18:35 | 19:13 |
| June solstice | 05:16 | 20:06 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:48 | 18:21 | 19:00 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 15:35 | 16:23 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 41 | 45 | 52 | 58 | 67 | 67 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.9 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Mitchell 2 E, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357288848
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