Prehistoric Gardens
Prehistoric Gardens is an attraction in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Iron Mountain stands 1,242 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Frankport, a ghost town 1.4 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
- Meyers Creek Beach Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Natural Bridges · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Colebrook Butte: 1.9 mi
- Rocky Peak: 4.0 mi
- Bald Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Point: 4.5 mi
- Humbug Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Humbug Mountain Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
- Geisel Monument State Park: 8.5 mi
- Huntley Park: 9.8 mi
- Battle Rock Wayside Park: 10.4 mi
- Buffington Memorial Park: 11.1 mi
- Humbug Mountain State Park: 5.6 mi
- Port Orford Wetland Interpretive Walkway: 11.0 mi
- Red Flat/Hunter Creek Botanical Area: 17.4 mi
- Cape Blanco Marine Research Area: 17.8 mi
- Blacklock Point Marine Conservation Area: 19.5 mi
- Thoms Point: 9.2 mi
- Battle Rock: 10.3 mi
- Twin Sisters: 15.6 mi
- Sixes Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Wreck of the Cottoneva: 10.4 mi
- Radio Tower Ruins: 10.6 mi
- Curry County Veterans Memoria;: 14.9 mi
- Pine Point Picnic Area: 17.2 mi
- China F;at: 20.2 mi
- Big Tree: 23.7 mi
- Ophir Beach: 4.3 mi
- Wakeman Beach: 8.7 mi
- Port Orford Lifeboat Station: 10.6 mi
- Curry Historical Museum: 14.3 mi
- Frankport: 1.4 mi
- Ophir Rest Area: 5.3 mi
- Cape Blanco Lighthouse: 17.8 mi
- Coquille River Falls: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.8 miles of Prehistoric Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iron Mountain | ENE 65° | 1,242.06 m | 14.1 mi |
| Ophir Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,208.837 m | 13.3 mi |
| Barklow Mountain | NE 52° | 1,094.232 m | 15.3 mi |
| Copper Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,085.698 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | SSE 149° | 1,078 m | 17.2 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | E 87° | 1,077 m | 14.0 mi |
| Devils Half Acre | E 80° | 1,069 m | 13.4 mi |
| Signal Buttes | SSE 158° | 1,059 m | 14.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:17 | 21:00 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:39 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:02 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 49 | 51 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 59 | 55 | 50 | 48 |
| Precip in | 11.6 | 8.5 | 9.3 | 6.8 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 4.8 | 10.2 | 12.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Port Orford #2, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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