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Shoe Dog Bridge

Shoe Dog Bridge from directly overhead

Shoe Dog Bridge is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is LA Swoosh, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.9 miles off.

Ink wash replicated in laminate glass

What the record says

Built
2020

How to reach it

Coordinates45.50972, -122.82600

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
Peaks
  • Mount Williams: 2.7 mi
  • Swede Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Sexton Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Elk Point: 3.7 mi
  • Cornell Mountain: 3.7 mi
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 21
  • Picnic Shelter: 7.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 8.4 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 9.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 9.6 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 9.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 7.5 mi
  • North Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Lieser Point: 13.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 6.3 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.0 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 13.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 18.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 19.7 mi
  • School District Spring: 21.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Shoe Dog Bridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNW 325°689 m23.6 mi
Green MountainNW 317°676 m22.0 mi
Buck MountainNNW 333°649 m20.9 mi
Tater HillNNW 332°618 m22.6 mi
Rye HillNNW 328°566 m18.8 mi
Gales PeakW 276°548 m18.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 314°539 m20.1 mi
Wildcat MountainWNW 298°538 m22.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13124577427

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