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Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area

Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area from directly overhead

Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area is a picnic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,250 m. Diamond Peak stands 2,665 m to the south, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Salt Creek Falls, a waterfall less than a tenth of a mile away. Cascade Lakes passes 14 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates43.61149, -122.12793

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Pinto Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Mount David Douglas: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Yoran: 3.4 mi
  • Fuji Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Judd Mountain: 3.6 mi
Springs: 8
  • Cold Spring: 10.3 mi
  • Indigo Springs: 10.4 mi
  • Chuckle Springs: 10.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Warm Springs: 16.3 mi
Waterfalls: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Gold Lake Day Use Area: 4.1 mi
  • Tranquil Cove Picnic Area: 10.7 mi
  • Logger Butte Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
  • Tandy Bay Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
  • CT Beach Picnic Area: 14.5 mi
Hot springs: 3
  • McCredie Hot Springs - South Bank: 10.3 mi
  • McCredie Hot Springs - North Bank: 10.3 mi
  • Umpqua Hot Springs: 24.8 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Little Cultus Lake Boat Ramp: 18.3 mi
  • Constitution Grove: 18.6 mi
  • the O: 19.5 mi
Parks: 3
  • Greenwaters Park: 18.5 mi
  • Salmon Creek Park: 18.6 mi
  • Osprey Park: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 1
Museums: 1
  • Oakridge Museum: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Salt Creek Falls Observation Site & Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Diamond PeakS 190°2,665.2 m6.4 mi
Maiden PeakE 83°2,379 m8.2 mi
Cowhorn MountainSSE 166°2,314 m15.1 mi
The TwinsNE 50°2,244 m10.1 mi
Sawtooth MountainS 175°2,225.3 m15.8 mi
Fuji MountainNNE 20°2,177 m3.5 mi
Mount YoranS 186°2,164 m3.4 mi
Lakeview MountainSE 141°2,151 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:21
June solstice05:2820:1020:54
September equinox06:5718:3019:08
December solstice07:4015:4816:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F282933374551595852433327
Precip in5.74.73.31.91.81.00.50.41.02.64.76.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Odell Lake-east, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/5577808324

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