Summit Rock

Summit Rock: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this viewpoint: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Summit Rock

Season: October to February for cool, clear air; July to September for mist and greenery.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Summit Rock — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 44.23211, -118.48161. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Summit Rock

• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~8 km · Must-see
• Monument Rock Wilderness · sanctuary · Baker · ~19 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Falls · waterfall · Grant · ~23 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~26 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Mountain Wilderness · sanctuary · Grant · ~28 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain Summit · viewpoint · Grant · ~46 km · Must-see
• Bates State Park · sanctuary · Grant · ~50 km · Must-see
• Buck Falls · waterfall · Grant · ~52 km · Must-see
• Malheur National Forest · sanctuary · Grant · ~53 km · Must-see
• Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site · park · Grant · ~54 km · Must-see
• Kam Wah Chung Company Building · museum · Grant · ~54 km · Must-see
• Agency Valley Dam · lake · Malheur · ~55 km · Must-see
• Magone Lake · lake · Grant · ~61 km · Must-see
• Vinegar Hill · viewpoint · Grant · ~67 km · Must-see
• Lost Dog Reservoir · lake · Grant · ~21 km
• Strawberry Lake · lake · Grant · ~23 km
• Knox Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~24 km
• Waqíima Butte · viewpoint · Baker · ~26 km

See everything within a day’s drive of Summit Rock

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Summit Rock

• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~8 km · Must-see
• Strawberry Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~26 km · Must-see
• Blue Mountain Summit · viewpoint · Grant · ~46 km · Must-see
• Vinegar Hill · viewpoint · Grant · ~67 km · Must-see
• Flagtail Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~80 km · Must-see
• Long Creek Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~82 km · Must-see
• Mount Ireland · viewpoint · Grant · ~86 km · Must-see
• Rock Creek Butte · viewpoint · Baker · ~89 km · Must-see
• Malheur Butte · viewpoint · Malheur · ~143 km · Must-see
• Knox Mountain · viewpoint · Grant · ~24 km

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