Union Peak
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Union Peak rises to 2,315 m in Oregon. Mount Scott stands 2,636 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Creek Spring, a spring 1.1 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 3.6 miles off.
The story
Union Peak is a heavily eroded shield volcano in the Cascade Range of central Oregon, located along the Cascade Crest less than 7 miles (11.3 km) southwest of the rim of Crater Lake. Ice age glaciers eroded away most of the flanks of the volcano, leaving numerous deep cirques surrounding a central glacial horn. This is the same process that formed the summit horns of Three Fingered Jack, Mount Washington, Howlock Mountain, and Mount Thielsen from other shield volcanoes farther north in the Oregon Cascades. Union Peak is located within Crater Lake National Park, and the summit was used as a post for fire lookouts from the 1930s to the 1950s. A 5.5-mile (8.9 km) trail leads to the summit from the Pacific Crest Trail off Oregon Route 62.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7885954, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2315 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
- 12.1 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sinnott Memorial · 7 mi
- Discovery Point · 7 mi
- The Watchman · 8 mi
- Phantom Ship Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Top: 1.9 mi
- Rocktop Butte: 3.3 mi
- Arant Point: 3.3 mi
- Castle Point: 3.4 mi
- Scoria Cone: 4.1 mi
- Bear Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Whitehorse Bluff: 3.4 mi
- Whitehorse Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Vidae Cliff: 7.2 mi
- Dyar Rock: 7.3 mi
- Union Creek Spring: 1.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 3.9 mi
- Annie Spring: 4.0 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.0 mi
- Thousand Springs: 4.8 mi
- Stuart Falls: 2.3 mi
- Red Blanket Falls: 2.6 mi
- Duwee Falls: 4.5 mi
- Annie Falls: 5.6 mi
- Vidae Falls: 7.3 mi
- Aiken County Park: 12.7 mi
- Jackson F Kimball State Park: 13.9 mi
- Prospect State Park: 14.8 mi
- Hurryon Camp: 15.6 mi
- Scott Creek Campground: 15.6 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Annie Falls (and Udo's): 5.5 mi
- Annie Falls: 5.6 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Plaque: 6.9 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 18.2 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 21.8 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 6.9 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 21.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.9 mi
- Neville-Nye Memorial Grove: 20.5 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 6.4 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 12.4 mi
- Persist: 20.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Union Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Scott | ENE 59° | 2,636 m | 12.3 mi |
| Garfield Peak | NE 45° | 2,454 m | 7.2 mi |
| Llao Rock | NNE 24° | 2,453 m | 10.8 mi |
| Applegate Peak | NE 52° | 2,450 m | 7.6 mi |
| Cloudcap | NE 53° | 2,444 m | 11.5 mi |
| The Watchman | NNE 19° | 2,442 m | 8.1 mi |
| Hillman Peak | NNE 18° | 2,433 m | 8.8 mi |
| Williams Crater | NNE 15° | 2,315 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:09 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 45 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 26 |
| Precip in | 10.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crater Lake NPS HQ, 7 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Crater Lake National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357317256
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 10 mi
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