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Gray Eagle Recreation Site

Gray Eagle Recreation Site from directly overhead

Gray Eagle Recreation Site is a picnic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Lookout Mountain stands 1,991 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Hole Recreation Site, a picnic site 1.4 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 17 miles off. 93 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates45.19394, -121.08227

Overlooks nearby

93 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 44
  • Devils Halfacre: 3.1 mi
  • Tygh Ridge: 7.3 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 7.4 mi
  • Postage Stamp Butte: 9.1 mi
  • Stag Point: 9.8 mi
Springs: 18
  • Bennett Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Stockton Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Larson Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Junction Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Sunrise Springs: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Parks: 3
  • Maupin City Park: 1.5 mi
  • Gravel Pile Park: 7.9 mi
  • Grass Valley City Park: 18.6 mi
Museums: 2
  • Wamic Historical Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Dufur Historical Society: 18.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Historic sites: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Shaniko Historic Historic Stage Coach Stop: 20.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gray Eagle Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainWNW 296°1,991 m23.8 mi
Badger ButteWNW 287°1,821 m23.9 mi
Gunsight ButteWNW 290°1,799 m24.8 mi
Palisade PointWNW 295°1,788 m22.4 mi
Flag PointWNW 295°1,722 m20.6 mi
Grasshopper PointW 281°1,641 m22.4 mi
Cold PointWNW 298°1,637 m21.5 mi
Eightmile PointWNW 302°1,600 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3819:17
June solstice05:1820:1120:56
September equinox06:5218:2519:04
December solstice07:4115:3616:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343844495762706962513933
Precip in1.91.51.21.11.10.60.30.20.41.21.72.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dufur, 18 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5406409454

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