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Callahan Food Forest

Callahan Food Forest from directly overhead

Callahan Food Forest is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Marys Peak stands 1,249 m to the west-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McNary Field, a park 0.1 miles away. Over the Rivers and Through the Woods passes 16 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon State University
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.56397, -123.27314
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • McNary Field: 0.1 mi
  • Library Quad: 0.2 mi
  • People's Park: 0.3 mi
  • MU Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Central City Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
  • Witham Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Bald Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Dimple Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Vineyard Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • McCulloch Peak: 6.0 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Museums: 12
Artworks: 10
Gardens: 10
  • CSC Youth House Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Organic Growers Club Vegetable Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Calvin Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 1.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 3
Springs: 3
  • Sulfer Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Hull Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Solstice Spring: 12.3 mi
Rest areas: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Waters of Mormon: 17.8 mi
  • Green Peak Falls: 19.2 mi
  • Alsea Falls: 19.6 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • Historical Boxcar: 20.9 mi
  • Scio Vetrans Memorial: 23.0 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 0.6 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Telephone of the Wind: 7.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Callahan Food Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys PeakWSW 253°1,248.8 m14.4 mi
Old Blue MountainWSW 243°1,003 m16.0 mi
Alsea MountainWSW 245°928 m13.7 mi
Green PeakSW 215°821 m16.7 mi
Flat MountainSW 226°812 m14.3 mi
McCulloch PeakNW 320°664 m6.0 mi
Maddsens KnobSW 233°664 m15.1 mi
Buck PeakSW 220°643 m16.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2920:1821:02
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4815:4816:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347505661686863544540
Precip in6.54.84.93.32.31.30.30.41.53.56.57.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis State Univ, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Cucumber Beetle539 obs
  • Western Honey Bee534 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider479 obs
  • Lawn daisy468 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay382 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco378 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle351 obs
  • common cowparsnip326 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/865485380

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