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Cottonwood Beach

Cottonwood Beach from directly overhead

Cottonwood Beach is a beach in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Elk Mountain stands 1,377 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Beach County Park, a park 0.6 miles away. JCT 101 VIC LONG BEACH TO COAL CREEK RD VIC LONGVIEW CITY LIMITS passes 8.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
2 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates46.07900, -122.90539

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Laurel Beach County Park: 0.6 mi
  • Prescott Beach County Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rainier City Park: 2.0 mi
  • Gerhart Gardens Park: 2.2 mi
  • Trojan Park North Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Carrolls Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Drays Mound: 3.2 mi
  • Mount Pleasant: 5.2 mi
  • Mount Coffin: 5.2 mi
  • Huntington Rock: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 49
  • Welcome to Oregon: 3.3 mi
  • Seasons Stir: 3.8 mi
  • Olequa Spirit: 4.1 mi
  • Pounder Building Floral Mural: 4.2 mi
  • The Major: 4.2 mi
Historic sites: 29
  • 9/11 Memorial: 1.9 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Sister City Monument: 4.2 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Longview Outdoor Gallery Donor Wall: 4.4 mi
Attractions: 27
  • Sun: 3.8 mi
  • Mercury: 3.8 mi
  • Venus: 3.8 mi
  • Earth-Moon: 3.8 mi
  • Mars: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Marietta Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Lower Kalama River Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Jenny Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
  • Grist Mill Falls: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 10
Museums: 10
Gardens: 9
  • Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Rhododendron Gardens: 4.9 mi
  • Japanese Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Residents Community Garden: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Lunch Place: 13.5 mi
  • Community Stage: 14.5 mi
  • Day Use Area: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 24.3 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.2 miles of Cottonwood Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elk MountainE 80°1,377 m21.5 mi
Lakeview PeakE 92°1,141 m24.2 mi
Butler ButteE 81°1,079 m20.0 mi
Signal PeakNE 50°1,004 m22.1 mi
O'Neil PeakENE 70°926 m19.9 mi
Davis PeakESE 112°887 m16.0 mi
Georges PeakE 85°831 m17.1 mi
Baird MountainENE 60°811 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2120:2121:07
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:5215:3916:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347515761666763544641
Precip in6.54.84.94.13.12.00.61.02.34.47.27.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Longview, 5 mi away.

Tides

Mean tidal range 3.67 ft at the nearest NOAA station.

NOAA CO-OPS station Longview, WA, 3 miaway — today’s predictions live there.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/357330649

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