Mount Wilson

Mount Wilson: 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 Mount Wilson

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 Mount Wilson — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 45.06678, -121.65813. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Mount Wilson

• Little Crater Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~15 km · Must-see
• Timothy Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~15 km · Must-see
• Clear Lake · lake · Wasco · ~16 km · Must-see
• Frog Lake Buttes · lake · Wasco · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mount Hood National Forest · sanctuary · Clackamas · ~23 km · Must-see
• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~27 km · Must-see
• Trillium Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~29 km · Must-see
• Lake Harriet · lake · Clackamas · ~30 km · Must-see
• Mount Mitchell · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~32 km · Must-see
• Tom Dick and Harry Mountain · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~34 km · Must-see
• Mirror Lake · lake · Clackamas · ~35 km · Must-see
• Fish Lake · lake · Marion · ~36 km · Must-see
• Laurel Hill · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Hood River · ~41 km · Must-see
• Palmer Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~41 km · Must-see
• White River Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~41 km · Must-see
• Newton Clark Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~42 km · Must-see
• Little Zigzag Falls · waterfall · Clackamas · ~42 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Mount Wilson

Other hill stations & viewpoints near Mount Wilson

• Barlow Ridge · viewpoint · Hood River · ~27 km · Must-see
• Mount Mitchell · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~32 km · Must-see
• Tom Dick and Harry Mountain · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~34 km · Must-see
• Laurel Hill · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~37 km · Must-see
• Lookout Mountain · viewpoint · Hood River · ~41 km · Must-see
• Palmer Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~41 km · Must-see
• White River Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~41 km · Must-see
• Newton Clark Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~42 km · Must-see
• Coalman Glacier · viewpoint · Hood River · ~43 km · Must-see
• Reid Glacier · viewpoint · Clackamas · ~43 km · Must-see

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