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Whiskey Spring

Whiskey Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Whiskey Spring is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 961 m. Mount McLoughlin stands 2,895 m to the southeast, 6.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Lake County Park, a park 2.6 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 15 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates42.49487, -122.41434

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 8
  • Butte Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Seven Lakes Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Bailey Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Ranger Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Rumley falls: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
Historic sites: 5
  • Walch Wayside Memorial: 11.6 mi
  • Dunlop Ranch Cabin: 12.2 mi
  • All Unknown Veterans Memorial: 19.1 mi
  • 1st Marine Divisions of all Wars Memorial: 19.2 mi
  • Old washing machine: 21.0 mi
Attractions: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Rainbow Bay Day Use Area: 13.2 mi
  • Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
  • Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
  • E: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Whiskey Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount McLoughlinSE 125°2,895 m6.1 mi
Pelican ButteE 85°2,440 m13.7 mi
Crater MountainSE 130°2,363 m17.8 mi
Greylock MountainSE 124°2,348 m16.9 mi
Whiteface PeakSE 127°2,338 m18.0 mi
Máalsi TipSE 130°2,318 m5.7 mi
Devils PeakNE 45°2,300 m14.5 mi
Lee PeakNE 46°2,288.4 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4519:22
June solstice05:3320:0820:51
September equinox06:5818:3219:09
December solstice07:3715:5516:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245495662706964544439
Precip in6.04.44.43.72.61.30.60.51.23.36.37.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Prospect 2 SW, 17 mi away.

  • Fairy-slipper5 obs
  • woodland pinedrops2 obs
  • Spring King Bolete2 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1 obs
  • Pacific coralroot1 obs
  • Pacific trillium1 obs
  • spotted coralroot1 obs
  • Striped Coralroot1 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/12059343920

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