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Cold Spring

Cold Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Cold Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,949 m. Gearhart Mountain stands 2,551 m to the south-southeast, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mud Spring, a spring 1.0 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 14 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.58411, -120.92782

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Green Mountain: 2.0 mi
  • Black Butte: 2.7 mi
  • Shake Butte: 5.3 mi
  • Rodeo Butte: 5.8 mi
  • 8295: 6.2 mi
Springs: 55
  • Mud Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Book Spring: 3.3 mi
  • Last Chance Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Cold Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Boulder Spring: 6.6 mi
Parks: 4
Cliffs: 4
Historic sites: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gearhart MountainSSE 157°2,551 m6.6 mi
8295SSE 148°2,528 m6.2 mi
Peak 8272SSE 155°2,521 m6.4 mi
8134ESE 110°2,476 m7.5 mi
Dead Horse Rim 8064ESE 108°2,458 m7.7 mi
Slide MountainENE 57°2,366 m12.3 mi
hill 7577E 99°2,309 m7.6 mi
Bald Butte 7536ENE 73°2,297 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:3919:16
June solstice05:2720:0320:46
September equinox06:5218:2619:03
December solstice07:3115:4816:34

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, 21 mi away.

  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • common yarrow1 obs
  • great camas1 obs
  • Oregon Checker-mallow1 obs
  • Beautiful Northern Caddisfly1 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/1191554390

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