Buckhollow Recreation Site
Buckhollow Recreation Site is a picnic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 211 m. Palisade Point stands 1,788 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fargher, a ghost town 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 12 miles off. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 41 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Bureau of Land Management
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Journey Through Time
- 26.6 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 26.6 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 27.2 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Ice Age Floods Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Windy Flats Viewpoint · 29 mi
- Lewis & Clark Overlook · 29 mi
112 named places within 25 miles
- Tygh Ridge: 4.0 mi
- Devils Halfacre: 4.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 9.3 mi
- Postage Stamp Butte: 9.8 mi
- Stag Point: 15.3 mi
- Maupin City Park: 7.0 mi
- Gravel Pile Park: 12.6 mi
- Grass Valley City Park: 13.2 mi
- Moro City Park: 20.4 mi
- Dry Hollow Sports Field: 23.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Spring: 18.4 mi
- Deer Spring: 18.5 mi
- Mud Springs: 18.6 mi
- Bennett Spring: 19.2 mi
- Stockton Spring: 19.6 mi
- Pine Tree Recreation Site: 2.2 mi
- Sandy Beach Recreation Site: 2.4 mi
- Oakbrook Recreation Site: 4.2 mi
- Oak Springs Recreation Site: 4.3 mi
- Surf City Recreation Site: 4.3 mi
- Wamic Historical Museum: 12.4 mi
- Dufur Historical Society: 13.8 mi
- Sherman County Historical Museum: 20.4 mi
- Rorick House Museum: 24.3 mi
- Fort Dalles Museum and Anderson Homestead: 24.3 mi
- Sherar's Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower White River Falls: 4.1 mi
- Celestial Falls: 4.2 mi
- White River Falls: 4.2 mi
- Cushing Falls: 24.3 mi
- Depot House Historic Site: 7.6 mi
- Free Bridge Historical Site: 20.1 mi
- Pulpit Rock: 24.1 mi
- End of the Oregon Trail Landmark: 24.4 mi
- White River Falls State Park: 4.2 mi
- Lawrence Memorial Grassland Preserve: 24.5 mi
- Mill Creek Ridge Preserve: 24.6 mi
- Gordon Cliffs: 22.7 mi
- Bulo Point climbing wall: 23.3 mi
- Dobry Point: 24.5 mi
- Shaniko Historic Historic Stage Coach Stop: 22.4 mi
- Vogt Fountain: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buckhollow Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palisade Point | W 281° | 1,788 m | 23.8 mi |
| Flag Point | W 279° | 1,722 m | 22.1 mi |
| Cold Point | WNW 283° | 1,637 m | 22.7 mi |
| Eightmile Point | WNW 287° | 1,600 m | 23.5 mi |
| Perry Point | WNW 292° | 1,503 m | 24.9 mi |
| Gordon Butte | W 275° | 1,463 m | 20.7 mi |
| Marion Point | WNW 287° | 1,461 m | 22.8 mi |
| Bulo Point | WNW 288° | 1,456 m | 23.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:08 | 18:38 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:17 | 20:11 | 20:56 |
| September equinox | 06:52 | 18:24 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 15:36 | 16:25 |
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 | 34 | 38 | 44 | 49 | 57 | 62 | 70 | 69 | 62 | 51 | 39 | 33 |
| Precip in | 1.9 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 2.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dufur, 14 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5406393008
Day trips start here
- Dufur · 14 mi
- The Dalles · 24 mi
- Mount Hood and Columbia Gorge · 26 mi
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