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Hillsboro Arch

Hillsboro Arch from directly overhead

Hillsboro Arch is an attraction in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Walnut Street Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.5 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Height
24 m
Getting there

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Coordinates45.52143, -122.96360
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Life Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions: 59
Peaks: 57
  • Mount Williams: 6.7 mi
  • Cooper Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Spring Hill: 7.3 mi
  • Fern Hill: 7.5 mi
  • Iowa Hill: 7.9 mi
Museums: 49
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 5.7 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.5 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 14.3 mi
  • Shelter A: 14.4 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Jackson Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Lee Falls: 16.0 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 14.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 16.2 mi
  • North Beach: 16.2 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Waud Bluff: 11.9 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 15.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.5 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Normandin Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 275°1,048 m20.0 mi
Larch MountainWNW 293°1,044 m24.4 mi
Woods PointW 278°940 m23.2 mi
Round TopWNW 299°909 m22.1 mi
Windy PointW 264°880 m21.9 mi
Long MountainNNW 339°689 m19.7 mi
Green MountainNNW 332°676 m17.5 mi
Buck MountainN 351°649 m18.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:25
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox07:0018:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/436987172

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