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Cannon Spring

Cannon Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cannon Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,866 m. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 9.1 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.48688, -120.51487

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 41
Parks: 11
Cliffs: 6
Museums: 3
  • Mc Chuck Wagon Western Heritage Exhibit: 22.0 mi
  • Lake County Museum: 22.4 mi
  • Schminck Memorial Museum: 22.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
Artworks: 1
  • L: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Cannon Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gearhart MountainW 272°2,551 m18.5 mi
Light PeakSE 124°2,537.5 m22.6 mi
8295W 275°2,528 m17.7 mi
Peak 8272W 273°2,521 m18.3 mi
Twelvemile PeakESE 121°2,482.3 m21.3 mi
8134WNW 287°2,476 m14.6 mi
Dead Horse Rim 8064WNW 288°2,458 m14.3 mi
Cougar PeakSSW 205°2,413.711 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0618:3719:14
June solstice05:2620:0120:44
September equinox06:5018:2419:01
December solstice07:2915:4716:33

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333640455359676659483730

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Paisley, 14 mi away.

  • Bitterroot1 obs
  • Western Ponderosa Pine1 obs
  • chokecherry1 obs
  • prairie smoke1 obs
  • Snowbrush Ceanothus1 obs
  • hairy paintbrush1 obs
  • Coniontis1 obs
  • alpine waterleaf1 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 way/1191548492

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