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White Point

White Point, seen from above at true elevation

White Point rises to 1,526 m in Oregon. Tom Mountain stands 2,096 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Whetstone Point, a peak 0.9 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 3.0 miles off.

The story

White Point is a summit in the U.S. state of Oregon. The elevation is 5,016 feet (1,529 m). White Point was named for deposits of white rock.

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Wikidata Q49089460, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
1,525.829 m

How to reach it

Coordinates42.77078, -122.55261

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 19
Springs: 19
  • Cold Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Thousand Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Union Creek Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Fawn Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Bigfoot Spring: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 15
Picnic sites: 6
  • Woodruff Bridge Day Use Area: 6.7 mi
  • Lodgepole Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
  • Goodbye Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Annie Falls (and Udo's): 22.4 mi
  • Annie Falls: 22.4 mi
Attractions: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • Abbott butte lookout: 11.9 mi
  • All Unknown Veterans Memorial: 24.3 mi
  • 1st Marine Divisions of all Wars Memorial: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Union Creek Wayside: 10.8 mi
Artworks: 1
Museums: 1
  • Crater Lake Lodge History: 23.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of White Point. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tom MountainE2,096 m15.7 mi
Jerry MountainE2,075 m16.1 mi
Mudjekeewis MountainE2,019 m15.4 mi
Kerby HillE2,016 m15.1 mi
Rocktop ButteENE1,937 m14.4 mi
Huckleberry MountainENE1,936 m13.1 mi
Cinnamon PeakE1,933 m14.2 mi
Red Blanket MountainENE1,908 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:23
June solstice05:3320:1020:53
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3815:5416:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245495662706964544439
Precip in6.04.44.43.72.61.30.60.51.23.36.37.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prospect 2 SW, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1161588 — White Point, Jackson County, Oregon.

OpenStreetMap element node/357327882

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