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Signal Point Day Use Area

Signal Point Day Use Area from directly overhead

Signal Point Day Use Area is a picnic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 289 m. Saddleblanket Mountain stands 1,519 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Landax Landing Park, a park 1.0 miles away. West Cascades passes 13 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Lookout Point Lake
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates43.88424, -122.68828
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Landax Landing Park: 1.0 mi
  • Ivan Oakes County Park: 1.2 mi
  • Orchard Park: 4.8 mi
  • Winberry Park: 4.9 mi
  • Fall Creek Reservoir State Park: 4.9 mi
Peaks
  • Fairview Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Green Butte: 2.8 mi
  • Horn Butte: 3.4 mi
  • Mount Salem: 3.8 mi
  • Eagles Rest: 3.9 mi
Artworks
  • Dino Statue 1: 16.1 mi
  • Dino Statue 2: 16.1 mi
  • Dinosaur Statues: 16.1 mi
  • Dino Statue 4: 16.1 mi
  • Dino Statue 3: 16.1 mi
Gardens: 19
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 9
Attractions: 7
  • Lowell Covered Bridge: 4.9 mi
  • Elijah Bristow Monument: 13.5 mi
  • the O: 14.4 mi
  • Living History Village: 19.3 mi
  • Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 19.4 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Hampton Boating Site: 6.8 mi
  • Chicken Shack: 16.7 mi
  • Salmon Creeek Falls Day Use Area: 17.7 mi
  • Cline-Clark Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • CT Beach Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Spirit Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Moon Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Brice Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Upper Trestle Creek Falls: 16.2 mi
  • Salmon Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 2
  • Warm Springs: 19.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Spring: 21.0 mi
Hot springs: 2
  • McCredie Hot Springs - North Bank: 23.5 mi
  • McCredie Hot Springs - South Bank: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Signal Point Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddleblanket MountainE 86°1,519 m8.9 mi
Sourgrass MountainE 97°1,458 m10.0 mi
Sinker MountainENE 74°1,440.5 m14.5 mi
Mount JuneSSW 196°1,407.6 m6.7 mi
Patterson MountainSSE 159°1,368 m8.8 mi
Deception RockSSE 153°1,322.527 m12.5 mi
Tire MountainESE 113°1,320 m8.7 mi
Alpine RidgeE 82°1,301.5 m12.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:23
June solstice05:2920:1320:57
September equinox06:5918:3219:10
December solstice07:4315:4916:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447515661676763554742
Precip in6.14.65.14.83.52.00.50.61.63.66.47.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout PT DAM, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3633789355

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