Rocky Point Oregon Map

About Rocky Point, Oregon

Rocky Point is a locality in Klamath County, Oregon, United States. It is a small community with a population of 310. The population density is 65.2 people per km². Rocky Point is located at 42.4336°N, 122.1189°W. It observes the Pacific Time (America/Los_Angeles) timezone. ZIP code: 97601.

Rocky Point occupies a singular position where the steady, cool currents of Recreation Creek slip quietly into the vast, mirror-still expanse of Upper Klamath Lake. It lies 23.5 miles northwest of Klamath Falls, OR (from Klamath Falls, OR: bearing 319°T), and is situated 25.9 miles northwest of Altamont. The landscape around Rocky Point is defined by a dense, organic intersection of water and earth, where the shoreline of Pelican Bay serves as a fragile transition between the heavy timber of the inland wilderness and the expansive, open sky. On clear days, the distant silhouette of the Cascade Range anchors the horizon, a serrated edge against the pale blue, while the immediate terrain remains dominated by the marshy, verdant fringes of the water’s edge. The air here holds a distinct, bracing quality, smelling of damp earth and pine needles, and the light at dusk often takes on a bruised, violet hue that seems to linger longer than it does in the flatter regions to the east.

Life within the Recreation Creek Recreation Area remains deeply tethered to the rhythms of the water, with the local economy shifting from the seasonal movement of visitors to the quiet, introspective pace of those who make their living by the lake. This locality serves as a gateway for the Pelican Butte Trail, a path that draws the patient observer upward through the surrounding woodland, far from the industrial reach of the Fourmile Flat Quarry. While the distant, protected reaches of Special Trust Land offer a sense of permanent solitude, the immediate surroundings of Rocky Point are marked by the remnants of a legacy built on timber and the natural harvest of the wetlands. Here, the passage of time is measured not by clocks, but by the subtle shifting of the tides within Pelican Bay and the slow, deliberate growth of the forest that watches over the water.

About This Rocky Point Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Rocky Point, Oregon. Coordinates: 42.433579, -122.118865. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Rocky Point includes the ZIP code (97601), telephone area code (541), county seat of Klamath County (Klamath Falls), and school district assignment (Klamath County School District).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.