Union Creek Spring
Union Creek Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,880 m. Mount Scott stands 2,636 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Union Peak, a peak 1.1 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 3.2 miles off.
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Volcanic Legacy, National
- 11.4 mi off the Rogue-Umpqua, National
Overlooks nearby
- Discovery Point · 6 mi
- Sinnott Memorial · 6 mi
- The Watchman · 7 mi
- Watchman Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Union Peak: 1.1 mi
- Castle Point: 2.3 mi
- Bald Top: 3.0 mi
- Rocktop Butte: 3.0 mi
- Arant Point: 3.1 mi
- Whitehorse Bluff: 2.5 mi
- Whitehorse Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Bear Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Dyar Rock: 6.8 mi
- Vidae Cliff: 6.8 mi
- Annie Spring: 3.4 mi
- Thousand Springs: 3.9 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.2 mi
- Munson Springs: 6.0 mi
- Stuart Falls: 3.3 mi
- Red Blanket Falls: 3.7 mi
- Duwee Falls: 4.2 mi
- Annie Falls: 6.0 mi
- Vidae Falls: 6.9 mi
- Aiken County Park: 13.1 mi
- Hurryon Camp: 14.5 mi
- Jackson F Kimball State Park: 14.6 mi
- Prospect State Park: 15.1 mi
- Scott Creek Campground: 15.6 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Goodbye Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Lodgepole Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Annie Falls (and Udo's): 5.9 mi
- Annie Falls: 6.0 mi
- Stephen Tyng Mather Plaque: 6.2 mi
- Abbott butte lookout: 17.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 22.6 mi
- Crater Lake Lodge History: 6.2 mi
- Collier State Park Logging Museum: 22.4 mi
- Natural Bridge: 12.5 mi
- Neville-Nye Memorial Grove: 20.7 mi
- Lady of the Woods: 5.8 mi
- Union Creek Wayside: 11.8 mi
- Persist: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Union Creek Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Scott | ENE 63° | 2,636 m | 11.9 mi |
| Garfield Peak | NE 53° | 2,454 m | 6.6 mi |
| Llao Rock | NNE 28° | 2,453 m | 9.9 mi |
| Applegate Peak | ENE 59° | 2,450 m | 7.2 mi |
| Cloudcap | ENE 58° | 2,444 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Watchman | NNE 22° | 2,442 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hillman Peak | NNE 22° | 2,433 m | 7.9 mi |
| Union Peak | S 171° | 2,315 m | 1.1 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 | 20:09 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:31 | 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, 6 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).
- white pasqueflower4 obs
- mountain hemlock3 obs
- lace lip fern3 obs
- cream stonecrop2 obs
- fireweed2 obs
- Northern Flicker1 obs
- Cascades Frog1 obs
- lodgepole pine1 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/5560622945
Day trips start here
- Crater Lake National Park · 9 mi
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