Whetstone Point
Whetstone Point rises to 1,545 m in Oregon. Union Peak stands 2,315 m to the east-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is White Point, a peak 0.9 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Whetstone Point is a summit in the U.S. state of Oregon. The elevation is 5,059 feet (1,542 m). Whetstone Point was named for the nearby supply of rock from which whetstones were fashioned.
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Wikidata Q49088985, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,545.336 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
- 19.9 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
- 21.5 mi off the Myrtle Creek-Canyonville
Overlooks nearby
- White Point Lookout · 1 mi
- Rogue Gorge chasm · 10 mi
- Rogue Gorge · 10 mi
- Viewpoint Mike · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Point: 0.9 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Halls Point: 1.5 mi
- Hibbard Point: 2.6 mi
- Lick Rock: 3.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.7 mi
- Thousand Springs: 15.2 mi
- Union Creek Spring: 16.7 mi
- Fawn Spring: 17.4 mi
- Jack Spring: 17.5 mi
- Mill Creek Falls: 3.8 mi
- Nob falls: 7.4 mi
- Rumley falls: 10.1 mi
- Red Blanket Falls: 16.0 mi
- Butte Falls: 16.3 mi
- Prospect State Park: 3.5 mi
- Aiken County Park: 6.5 mi
- Joseph H Stewart County Park Day Use Area: 8.5 mi
- McLeod Wayside: 10.4 mi
- Rivers Edge Park: 10.5 mi
- Blue Grotto: 7.4 mi
- Elephant Head: 11.4 mi
- Savage Bluffs: 12.9 mi
- Boston Bluff: 17.6 mi
- Terra Nova: 18.4 mi
- Woodruff Bridge Day Use Area: 5.9 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
- Annie Falls (and Udo's): 21.8 mi
- Annie Falls: 21.9 mi
- Neville-Nye Memorial Grove: 4.5 mi
- Natural Bridge: 8.5 mi
- McGregor Park: 11.1 mi
- World's Tallest Sugarpine: 14.8 mi
- Persist: 3.4 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 9.9 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 11.2 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 22.2 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Whetstone Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Peak | ENE 78° | 2,315 m | 16.6 mi |
| Tom Mountain | E 94° | 2,096 m | 15.3 mi |
| Jerry Mountain | E 94° | 2,075 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mudjekeewis Mountain | E 99° | 2,019 m | 15.1 mi |
| Kerby Hill | E 101° | 2,016 m | 14.8 mi |
| Rocktop Butte | ENE 72° | 1,937 m | 13.7 mi |
| Huckleberry Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,936 m | 12.5 mi |
| Cinnamon Peak | E 95° | 1,933 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:45 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:33 | 20:10 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 15:54 | 16:40 |
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 | 40 | 42 | 45 | 49 | 56 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 39 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 6.3 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prospect 2 SW, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1161585 — Whetstone Point, Jackson County, Oregon.
OpenStreetMap element node/357327873
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 25 mi
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