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Hay Spring

Hay Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Hay Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,658 m. Cougar Peak stands 2,414 m to the northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Barry Point, a peak 1.0 miles away. Oregon Outback passes 24 miles off. 98 named places lie within 25 miles, 60 of them named summits.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.12087, -120.81038

98 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 60
Springs: 18
  • McClendon Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Wooden Trough Spring: 16.2 mi
  • White Rock Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Hunters Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Road Spring: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
Parks: 8
Museums: 3
  • Schminck Memorial Museum: 24.3 mi
  • Lake County Museum: 24.3 mi
  • Mc Chuck Wagon Western Heritage Exhibit: 24.3 mi
Historic sites: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hay Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cougar PeakNE 35°2,413.711 m15.8 mi
Grizzly PeakNE 44°2,367.686 m12.7 mi
Blue MountainNNE 30°2,289 m13.8 mi
Haystack RockN 354°2,231 m24.4 mi
Shoestring ButteNE 38°2,216 m23.2 mi
The DomeN 357°2,182 m24.7 mi
Fishhole MountainN 5°2,154 m9.2 mi
Big BaldyNE 46°2,127 m24.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0718:3919:16
June solstice05:2820:0120:43
September equinox06:5118:2519:02
December solstice07:2915:5016:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323539435259686558473731
Precip in1.11.41.31.61.51.10.90.30.51.21.72.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BLY 4 SE, 14 mi away.

  • Sacramento Sucker2 obs
  • Mahala mat2 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog1 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1 obs
  • American brooklime1 obs
  • Brown Bullhead1 obs
  • Hooker's onion1 obs
  • Douglas' Catchfly1 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 node/10059793193

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