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Clackamas Hatchery

Clackamas Hatchery from directly overhead

Clackamas Hatchery is an attraction in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 97 m. Indian Ridge stands 1,530 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Clackamas Hatchery Visitor Center, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. West Cascades passes 1.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.29585, -122.36167

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Timber Park: 0.7 mi
  • Wade Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Fred Campanella Memorial City Park: 1.4 mi
  • Eagle Fern Park: 4.0 mi
  • Eagle Fern Park: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Highland Butte: 5.7 mi
  • Aemisegger Hill: 7.7 mi
  • Zion Hill: 9.8 mi
  • Lenhart Butte: 10.2 mi
  • Bedford Point: 10.3 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Molalla StoryWalk Mulino Route Start: 11.9 mi
  • Dr. John McLoughlin: 12.9 mi
  • The Gathering: 13.2 mi
  • Giant Horse Statue: 14.1 mi
  • Molalla StoryWalk MRA Route Start: 14.3 mi
Attractions: 46
  • Clackamas Hatchery Visitor Center: 0.0 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 9.4 mi
  • Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 11.8 mi
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 11.8 mi
  • The Pow Wow Tree: 12.7 mi
Waterfalls: 41
  • Lower Clackamas Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Clackamas Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Memaloose Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.8 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
Museums: 40
Picnic sites: 16
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 18.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 18.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 19.3 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 19.4 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 7
  • Sandy River Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Swim beach: 18.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 18.6 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 20.2 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 20.9 mi
Springs: 4
  • spring w/concrete cover: 3.3 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 22.1 mi
  • School District Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Clackamas Hatchery. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Indian RidgeESE 115°1,530.1 m20.2 mi
Fish Creek MountainSE 142°1,522 m18.9 mi
South Fork MountainSSE 157°1,473 m15.3 mi
Divide ButteSSE 164°1,456 m19.6 mi
Tumala MountainESE 106°1,432 m16.2 mi
Whale HeadSE 138°1,431 m17.6 mi
Soosap PeakSSE 162°1,419 m16.3 mi
Round MountainSSE 159°1,404 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2220:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:3019:09
December solstice07:4715:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448525762686864554742
Precip in7.55.96.95.43.92.60.60.82.25.58.18.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estacada 2 SE, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/566828884

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