Tumalo Mountain
Tumalo Mountain rises to 2,370 m in Oregon. South Sister stands 3,159 m to the northwest, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cone, a peak 2.3 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Tumalo Mountain is a shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located just northeast of Mount Bachelor across the Cascade Lakes Scenic Byway.
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Wikidata Q770500, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2,370 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Cascade Lakes, National
- 17.4 mi off the McKenzie Pass-Santiam Pass, National
- 21.6 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 25.4 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
Overlooks nearby
- Vista Butte Sno-Park · 2 mi
- Arlies Rock/North Gateway Information Viewpoint · 10 mi
- Three Sisters Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Windy Point · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Cone: 2.3 mi
- Vista Butte: 2.4 mi
- Kapka Butte: 2.9 mi
- Mount Bachelor: 2.9 mi
- Tot Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Mary McCallum Park: 12.3 mi
- Fort Rock Park: 13.2 mi
- Besson Commons: 13.4 mi
- Paulina Park: 13.6 mi
- Shevlin Park: 13.8 mi
- Mountain Bike: 10.3 mi
- "Chicken": 11.7 mi
- Coyote: 14.0 mi
- Sunrise Spirit Column: 14.7 mi
- Orb I: 14.7 mi
- Upper Tumalo Falls: 3.8 mi
- Double Falls: 4.1 mi
- Tumalo Falls: 4.3 mi
- Fall Creek Falls: 5.0 mi
- Phoenix Falls: 9.5 mi
- Whychus Creek Wild and Scenic River (Scenic Area): 12.4 mi
- Cinder Cone Natural Area: 14.3 mi
- La Pine State Park: 16.5 mi
- Archie Briggs Canyon Natural Area: 16.6 mi
- Riley Ranch Nature Reserve: 16.8 mi
- Soda Spring: 3.6 mi
- Farewell Spring: 4.5 mi
- Jack Pine Spring: 6.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 6.9 mi
- Blacktail Spring: 7.6 mi
- Cougar Buttress: 5.2 mi
- Tam McArthur Rim: 6.1 mi
- Power lines cliff: 9.1 mi
- Lane Plateau: 14.3 mi
- Look Out Point: 14.5 mi
- 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 15.3 mi
- Lava Lands Visitor Center: 15.7 mi
- Bob the Bend Rock: 17.2 mi
- Little Cultus Lake Boat Ramp: 18.1 mi
- Kiwanis club: 20.3 mi
- Miller's Landing Community Garden: 16.2 mi
- Franklin's Corner Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- Sisters Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Petersen Rock Garden: 23.3 mi
- Secret Garden: 23.9 mi
- The High Desert Museum: 15.2 mi
- Deschutes Historical Museum: 16.5 mi
- Sisters Museum: 20.3 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 16.7 mi
- Peace Statue: 16.9 mi
- Terrence Hardington Foley: 18.3 mi
- Beach Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
- Meadow Day Use Area: 12.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Tumalo Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Sister | NW 317° | 3,159 m | 9.2 mi |
| North Sister | NNW 330° | 3,075 m | 12.9 mi |
| Middle Sister | NW 325° | 3,064 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hodge Crest | NW 317° | 3,060 m | 8.9 mi |
| Broken Top | NNW 332° | 2,796 m | 6.1 mi |
| Mount Bachelor | SW 232° | 2,764 m | 2.9 mi |
| Broken Hand | NNW 341° | 2,556 m | 5.7 mi |
| Ball Butte | NNW 339° | 2,467 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:41 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:25 | 20:10 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:28 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 15:44 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 37 | 41 | 49 | 55 | 63 | 62 | 55 | 45 | 35 | 28 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sunriver, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1151496 — Tumalo Mountain, Deschutes County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357317067
Day trips start here
- Bend · 17 mi
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