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Tree of Life

Tree of Life from directly overhead

Tree of Life is an artwork in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Villa Quad, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 4.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1964
Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.57300, -122.72961

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Garden 7: Oriico Hall: 0.0 mi
  • Garden 8: Villa Maria Hall: 0.1 mi
  • Garden 6: Shiley Marcos: 0.1 mi
  • Garden 5: Shiley Hall: 0.1 mi
  • Garden 16: Merlo Field Parking Lot: 0.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 23
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 7.9 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.0 mi
  • North Beach: 4.4 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Lieser Point: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 0.2 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.3 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.0 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Tree of Life. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainENE 56°679 m20.8 mi
Buck MountainNW 315°649 m20.1 mi
Livingston MountainENE 67°595 m19.0 mi
Spud MountainENE 65°576 m19.8 mi
Rye HillNW 308°566 m18.6 mi
Bald MountainWNW 297°539 m21.3 mi
Bald PeakSW 232°497 m20.0 mi
Dixie MountainNW 313°490 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548535963697065554742
Precip in6.44.74.83.62.61.50.40.51.64.06.67.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/9976276093

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