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Mount McLoughlin
- Easiest route
- 6.9 km+1,182 m · about 3.5 h
- Prominence
- 1,356 m4,449 ft
- Isolation
- 112 km
- Tonight
- 33°FFair · Wind 12–18 mph NE
Mount McLoughlin is a 2,894 m (9,495 ft) mountain in the Cascade Range, Oregon, United States.
All facts
- Elevation
- 2,894 m · 9,495 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Shastina (3,760 m)
- Range
- Cascade Range
- Region
- Oregon, United States
- Protected area
- Rogue River National Forest
- Spanish name
- Monte McLoughlin
- Coordinates
- 42.4445° N, 122.3159° W
How to get to the top of Mount McLoughlin
2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.
Easiest route: from Road end, 5.7 km ESE of Mount McLoughlin
- Distance
- 6.9 kmone way
- Climb
- +1,182 m(3,878 ft up)
- Time up
- about 3.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Other routes 1
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Mount McLoughlin 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 9.4 × 9.4 km
Mount McLoughlin terrain and contours
100 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
West → east through the summit
Mount McLoughlin weather
Tonight · Fair · 33°F (1°C) · Wind 12–18 mph NE
Mount McLoughlin forecast for the summit, about 2,323 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,766 m.
- Tonight33°–12–18 mph NEBase 26°
- Sat37°41°–5–10 mph SSEBase 34 / 49°
- Sun33°49°33%9–14 mph SWBase 34 / 55°
- Mon30°35°58%3–12 mph SWBase 27 / 42°
- Tue29°36°17%1–5 mph SWBase 27 / 43°
- Wed31°39°15%1–7 mph SBase 28 / 46°
- Thu33°41°10%0–8 mph SSEBase 29 / 48°
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 23:41 UTC.
Camping & parking near Mount McLoughlin
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Mount McLoughlin, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest trailhead
Twin Ponds Trailhead
Nearest parking
Twin Ponds Trailhead
Nearest campsite
Fish Lake Campground
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Twin Ponds TrailheadTrailhead | 5.0 km N |
| Twin Ponds TrailheadParking | 5.0 km N |
| Fish Lake CampgroundCampsite | 5.5 km S |
| Fourmile Lake TrailheadTrailhead | 5.5 km ENE |
| Fourmile Lake TrailheadParking | 5.5 km ENE |
| High Lakes TrailheadParking | 5.6 km S |
| Doe Point Campground #23Campsite | 5.7 km S |
| Doe Point CampgroundCampsite | 5.8 km S |
| Rye Spur TrailheadTrailhead | 7.1 km E |
How steep is the route to Mount McLoughlin?
The easiest mapped route, 6.9 km from 1,707 m to 2,894 m. Steepest stretch: 31°.
- 0–15°5.1 km
- 15–30°1.8 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 4.7 km; 88 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Whitebark Pine21
- Pyrola-leaf Buckwheat18
- Little hulsea14
- Mountain hemlock13
- Red fir8
- Green-flowered wild ginger7
Where Mount McLoughlin sits
- Region
- Oregon44United States932North America1,313
Ranked in 1
Nearby places
Lake of the Woods↑12 km SE
Upper Klamath Lake1,262 m↑36 km E
Lost Creek Lake534 m↑38 km NW
Emigrant Lake↑39 km SW
Roxy Ann Peak1,090 m↑40 km WSW
More 1
More in the Cascade Range 6
Mount McLoughlin downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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How accurate is this?
within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,895 m at the summit; the official height is 2,894 m.
A 10 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 2,894 m | — |
| USGS 3DEP 10 m (used on this page) | 2,895 m | +1 m |
| Copernicus GLO-30 | 2,886 m | -8 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 2,865 m | -29 m |
Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-25)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Accuracy comparison
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Accuracy comparison, Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)
- Sources
- Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia