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Clear Spring

Clear Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Clear Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,682 m. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the west-northwest, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Coleman Point, a peak 1.7 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.47142, -120.71340

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Springs: 47
Parks: 8
Cliffs: 6
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Clear Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gearhart MountainWNW 282°2,551 m8.5 mi
8295WNW 289°2,528 m8.0 mi
Peak 8272WNW 284°2,521 m8.4 mi
8134NW 324°2,476 m6.5 mi
Dead Horse Rim 8064NNW 327°2,458 m6.5 mi
Cougar PeakSSE 160°2,413.711 m12.1 mi
Grizzly PeakSSE 166°2,367.686 m15.6 mi
Slide MountainN 358°2,366 m14.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3819:15
June solstice05:2620:0220:44
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:3015:4816:34

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, 18 mi away.

  • Rose Spirea4 obs
  • common woolly sunflower4 obs
  • Yellow Rabbitbrush2 obs
  • fireweed2 obs
  • Red-breasted Sapsucker1 obs
  • spotted coralroot1 obs
  • Brook Trout1 obs
  • woodland pinedrops1 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/1191680104

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