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Baskin Spring

Baskin Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Baskin Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,571 m. Yamsay Mountain stands 2,498 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is North Willow Spring, a spring 2.2 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 4.5 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates43.18118, -121.21431

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Wing Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Oat Butte: 3.7 mi
  • Antelope Mountain: 5.6 mi
  • Timothy Butte: 5.7 mi
  • Coyote Butte: 7.4 mi
Springs: 34
  • North Willow Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Ross Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Freeman Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Road Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Smoke Creek Spring: 7.6 mi
Parks: 4
  • Cabin Lake Wildlife Area: 4.8 mi
  • Fort Rock Junction: 12.0 mi
  • Sage Sandals Kiosk: 12.2 mi
  • Hunt Camp Rest Area: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 2
Museums: 1
  • Fort Rock Homestead Village Museum: 14.4 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Attractions: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of Baskin Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Yamsay MountainSSW 203°2,498.141 m18.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 313°2,238 m9.6 mi
Hager MountainSE 142°2,188 m15.0 mi
Wart PeakNNW 326°2,115.312 m8.4 mi
Foster ButteSE 144°2,059 m20.8 mi
Rodman RockSSW 197°2,047 m12.4 mi
Stams MountainNW 319°1,995.221 m16.5 mi
Antelope MountainW 263°1,989.125 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:17
June solstice05:2620:0520:49
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3415:4716:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F303337425057656456463528
Precip in1.00.91.20.81.50.90.50.40.50.60.81.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Silver Lake RS, 9 mi away.

  • Rainbow Trout1 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5836890652

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