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Learning Garden

Learning Garden from directly overhead

Learning Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Deer Resistant Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washington County Master Gardener Association
Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.46100, -122.88880
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Deer Resistant Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Rose Pergola: 0.1 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Belle's Haven: 0.1 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cross Creek South Park: 0.7 mi
  • Parker Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cross Creek South Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • Clausen Park: 0.9 mi
  • Arbor Vineyards Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Attractions
Museums: 49
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 4.8 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 9.8 mi
  • Shelter A: 12.7 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 12.4 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Poet's Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 11.2 mi
  • North Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.5 mi
  • San Salvador Beach: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Phantom Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.8 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 4
  • Oliver Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.0 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.8 miles of Learning Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainWNW 285°1,048 m24.3 mi
Green MountainNNW 329°676 m22.9 mi
Buck MountainNNW 344°649 m22.9 mi
Kutch MountainWSW 250°626 m24.6 mi
Tuttle PointW 277°623 m21.8 mi
Tater HillNNW 342°618 m24.5 mi
Hoffman HillNNW 327°614 m24.7 mi
Rye HillNNW 340°566 m20.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448525862686864544641

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific madrone168 obs
  • Cornflower153 obs
  • Oregon iris132 obs
  • Ocean spray112 obs
  • Oregon grape94 obs
  • giant white fawn lily88 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue79 obs
  • orange honeysuckle78 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/674299186

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