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Nest

Nest from directly overhead

Nest is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 227 m. Green Mountain stands 676 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cooper Mountain, a peak 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 1.8 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2009
Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.45123, -122.86950

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Renaissance Pointe Park: 0.3 mi
  • Paul and Verna Winkelman Park: 0.7 mi
  • Free Skies Park: 1.3 mi
  • Burnsridge Park: 1.4 mi
  • South Cooper Mountain Heights Park: 1.5 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Learning Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Deer Resistant Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Herb Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Rose Pergola: 1.2 mi
  • Belle's Haven: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • LA Swoosh: 4.5 mi
  • Seb Coe: 4.6 mi
  • LeBron Signature Totem: 4.6 mi
  • Nike Swoosh: 4.7 mi
  • Broder Söder: 5.0 mi
Peaks: 56
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 4.8 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 7.7 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 10.6 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 11.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 11.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 14.0 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Poet's Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 10.9 mi
  • North Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Lieser Point: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 10.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 4
  • Oliver Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.1 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Nest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainNNW 328°676 m24.0 mi
Buck MountainNNW 342°649 m23.9 mi
Tuttle PointW 278°623 m22.8 mi
Rye HillNNW 339°566 m21.5 mi
Gales PeakWNW 290°548 m17.7 mi
Bald MountainNW 326°539 m21.9 mi
Wildcat MountainNW 309°538 m23.2 mi
Bald PeakWSW 247°497 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448525862686864544641

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaverton 2 SSW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7855905233

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