Box Spring
Box Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,859 m. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the west-northwest, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Lookout Spring, a spring 1.9 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 17 miles off.
How to reach it
- 16.6 mi off the Oregon Outback, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Lookout Rock: 2.1 mi
- Palisade Rocks: 2.6 mi
- Coleman Point: 2.9 mi
- The Dome: 3.8 mi
- Haystack Rock: 5.1 mi
- Lookout Spring: 1.9 mi
- Watson Spring: 2.0 mi
- Eagle Spring: 2.4 mi
- Clear Spring: 2.5 mi
- Barrel Spring: 2.6 mi
- Mitchell Monument: 5.7 mi
- Mitchell Recreation Area: 5.7 mi
- Paddock Camp: 9.9 mi
- Foster Field: 19.0 mi
- Cottonwood Reservoir County Park: 20.4 mi
- Dead Horse Rim: 4.1 mi
- Coleman Rim: 8.7 mi
- Cub Cliff: 17.6 mi
- Barnes Rim: 21.1 mi
- Gerber Rim: 22.3 mi
- Japanese Balloon Bomb Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Merritt Creek Trestle: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.8 miles of Box Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearhart Mountain | WNW 286° | 2,551 m | 6.0 mi |
| 8295 | WNW 296° | 2,528 m | 5.6 mi |
| Peak 8272 | WNW 289° | 2,521 m | 6.0 mi |
| 8134 | NNW 346° | 2,476 m | 5.3 mi |
| Dead Horse Rim 8064 | N 349° | 2,458 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cougar Peak | SSE 149° | 2,413.711 m | 13.3 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | SSE 157° | 2,367.686 m | 16.4 mi |
| Slide Mountain | N 8° | 2,366 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:38 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:27 | 20:02 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:25 | 19:02 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 15:48 | 16:34 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 40 | 45 | 53 | 59 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 48 | 37 | 30 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paisley, 19 mi away.
- alpine waterleaf4 obs
- lodgepole pine3 obs
- western columbine2 obs
- Nuttall's Linanthus2 obs
- Bulbous woodland star2 obs
- white bog orchid2 obs
- mountain gooseberry2 obs
- fireweed2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1191872237
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