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Wood River Headwaters

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Elevation, modelled
1,285 m
Tallest summit within 16.6 miles
Mount Scott2,636 m · 13.0 mi
Nearest byway
Volcanic Legacy1.6 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:50local time
Coordinates
42.7371, -121.9774
Wood River Headwaters, seen from above at true elevation

Wood River Headwaters is a spring in Oregon, at a modelled 1,285 m. Mount Scott stands 2,636 m to the north, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Jackson F Kimball State Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Volcanic Legacy passes 1.6 miles off.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Wood River Headwaters. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ScottN 351°2,636 m13.0 mi
Garfield PeakNNW 327°2,454 m13.7 mi
Applegate PeakNNW 330°2,450 m13.0 mi
CloudcapNNW 346°2,444 m13.8 mi
Union PeakWNW 298°2,315 m14.1 mi
Devils PeakWSW 242°2,300 m13.6 mi
Lee PeakWSW 240°2,288.4 m13.4 mi
JupiterWSW 243°2,256 m14.7 mi

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4319:20
June solstice05:3120:0720:50
September equinox06:5618:3019:07
December solstice07:3615:5216:38

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Jun–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293338435056646256463629
Precip in3.82.21.91.41.50.60.20.30.51.42.84.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chiloquin 12 NW (fort Klamath), 3 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Apr, leanest in Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs15120331433419286.729.99.48.526.976.4142

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Williamson River Near Klamath Agency, OR, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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