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Harpham Flat Recreation Site

Harpham Flat Recreation Site from directly overhead

Harpham Flat Recreation Site is a picnic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 276 m. Lookout Mountain stands 1,991 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nena Day Use Area, a picnic site 2.4 miles away. Journey Through Time passes 20 miles off. 100 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management

How to reach it

Coordinates45.13497, -121.12120

Overlooks nearby

100 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 49
  • Stag Point: 5.9 mi
  • Devils Halfacre: 7.0 mi
  • Sleet Point: 8.1 mi
  • Sugarloaf: 8.3 mi
  • Graveyard Butte: 8.8 mi
Springs: 14
  • Larson Spring: 14.4 mi
  • Stockton Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Bennett Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Jersey Sch Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Junction Spring: 19.2 mi
Picnic sites: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • Dobry Point: 20.1 mi
  • Coleman Point: 22.5 mi
  • Trout Creek Northern End: 23.0 mi
  • Trout Creek Main Wall: 23.0 mi
  • Trout Creek Cool Wall: 23.3 mi
Parks: 5
  • Maupin City Park: 3.6 mi
  • Gravel Pile Park: 5.7 mi
  • Grass Valley City Park: 22.7 mi
  • Antelope City Park: 24.7 mi
  • Bolton Park: 24.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Museums: 2
  • Wamic Historical Museum: 9.7 mi
  • Dufur Historical Society: 21.9 mi
Historic sites: 1
Rest areas: 1
Attractions: 1
  • Shaniko Historic Historic Stage Coach Stop: 20.2 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout MountainNW 306°1,991 m24.3 mi
Badger ButteWNW 298°1,821 m23.7 mi
Gunsight ButteWNW 301°1,799 m24.9 mi
Palisade PointNW 306°1,788 m22.9 mi
Flag PointNW 307°1,722 m21.0 mi
Bonney ButteWNW 291°1,701 m24.6 mi
Grasshopper PointWNW 292°1,641 m21.8 mi
Cold PointNW 309°1,637 m22.2 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 solstice07:4115:3716:26

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333642465460696962503932

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kent, 21 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5406409443

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