Cold Spring
Cold Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,784 m. Mount Scott stands 2,636 m to the northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lodgepole Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away. Volcanic Legacy runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Volcanic Legacy, National
- 15.2 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Overlooks nearby
- Sinnott Memorial · 5 mi
- Phantom Ship Overlook · 5 mi
- Discovery Point · 6 mi
- Kerr Notch · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arant Point: 1.5 mi
- Scoria Cone: 2.4 mi
- Crater Peak: 2.5 mi
- Munson Point: 2.8 mi
- Goose Nest: 3.7 mi
- Natural Bridge: 16.5 mi
- Mopac Caboose: 23.5 mi
- CABOOSE WEYCO #2: 23.5 mi
- LOGGING FLAT CAR WX: 23.5 mi
- LOGGING FLAT CAR WX #59919: 23.5 mi
- Bear Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Whitehorse Bluff: 3.7 mi
- Whitehorse Bluff: 3.8 mi
- Vidae Cliff: 3.9 mi
- Dyar Rock: 4.5 mi
- Annie Spring: 2.4 mi
- Union Creek Spring: 4.1 mi
- Munson Springs: 4.4 mi
- Maklaks Spring: 5.8 mi
- Lightning Spring: 6.7 mi
- Duwee Falls: 1.6 mi
- Annie Falls: 2.3 mi
- Vidae Falls: 3.8 mi
- Stuart Falls: 4.5 mi
- Red Blanket Falls: 5.3 mi
- Jackson F Kimball State Park: 11.0 mi
- Scott Creek Campground: 11.7 mi
- Fort Klamath Park Museum: 13.5 mi
- Fort Klamath Park: 13.5 mi
- Thunder Beast Park: 16.2 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Annie Falls (and Udo's): 2.2 mi
- Annie Falls: 2.3 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 4.7 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 19.2 mi
- Train Mountain Railroad Museum - Central Station: 23.7 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Plaque: 4.8 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 19.3 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 21.6 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 3.9 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 15.8 mi
- Persist: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Cold Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Scott | NE 49° | 2,636 m | 8.7 mi |
| Garfield Peak | NNE 15° | 2,454 m | 4.5 mi |
| Llao Rock | N 4° | 2,453 m | 9.1 mi |
| Applegate Peak | NNE 27° | 2,450 m | 4.6 mi |
| Cloudcap | NE 40° | 2,444 m | 8.2 mi |
| The Watchman | N 349° | 2,442 m | 7.1 mi |
| Hillman Peak | N 351° | 2,433 m | 7.7 mi |
| Union Peak | W 260° | 2,315 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:44 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:08 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:30 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 15:52 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jul–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 26 | 28 | 32 | 39 | 45 | 55 | 55 | 50 | 40 | 31 | 26 |
| Precip in | 10.1 | 7.5 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 3.6 | 2.3 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 4.8 | 9.6 | 11.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Crater Lake NPS HQ, 4 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Crater Lake National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- pipsissewa42 obs
- Scarlet Gilia37 obs
- western columbine25 obs
- Lewis' monkeyflower23 obs
- one-sided wintergreen21 obs
- Pacific coralroot20 obs
- mountain hemlock20 obs
- red fir18 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 node/2315614409
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 7 mi
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