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Petersen Rock Garden

Petersen Rock Garden from directly overhead

Petersen Rock Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 965 m. Vista Butte stands 2,017 m to the southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Awbrey Falls, a waterfall 1.7 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 13 miles off.

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Coordinates44.20294, -121.26263

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Long Butte: 2.1 mi
  • Forked Horn Butte: 4.0 mi
  • Cline Buttes: 4.0 mi
  • Laidlaw Butte: 5.6 mi
  • Tumalo Butte: 9.1 mi
Parks
  • Redmond-Bend Juniper State Park: 2.5 mi
  • The Meadow at Prairie Crossing: 3.3 mi
  • Valleyview Park: 4.1 mi
  • Umatilla Sports Complex: 4.4 mi
  • Cline Falls State Park: 4.6 mi
Artworks: 47
Springs: 29
  • Bull Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Hindman Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Nichols Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Meralle Spring: 15.8 mi
  • Sumner Spring: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 25
  • Look Out Point: 9.8 mi
  • Southern Tip: 12.2 mi
  • Phoenix Buttres: 12.5 mi
  • Smith Rock: 12.5 mi
  • The Christian Brothers: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 18
  • Awbrey Falls: 1.7 mi
  • Cline Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Cline Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Big Falls: 11.7 mi
  • Steelhead Falls: 14.8 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Historic sites: 11
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 9.9 mi
  • Peace Statue: 9.9 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Frank T. Johns: 10.3 mi
  • Welcome to Crook County Fairgrounds: 21.6 mi
Attractions: 6
  • High Desert Activity Center: 4.4 mi
  • Redmond Caves Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Kiwanis club: 15.6 mi
  • 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 16.7 mi
Museums: 5
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Bivouac tables: 12.5 mi
  • Meadow Day Use Area: 15.5 mi
  • Greenwood Day Use Area: 21.6 mi
  • Upper Lone Pine Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Petersen Rock Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vista ButteSW 229°2,017 m22.1 mi
Bearwallow ButteWSW 239°1,967 m16.7 mi
Triangle HillWSW 243°1,950 m15.5 mi
Kiwa ButteSW 217°1,799 m21.3 mi
Lomax ButteSW 222°1,740.103 m20.7 mi
Grizzly MountainNE 43°1,710 m22.2 mi
Trout Creek ButteW 278°1,690.421 m20.3 mi
Three Creek ButteWSW 257°1,690.116 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:3919:18
June solstice05:2220:0920:53
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3815:4216:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333540445257666558483832
Precip in1.00.80.60.71.10.90.40.50.40.71.01.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bend 7 NE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mule Deer14 obs
  • American Kestrel13 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk12 obs
  • North American Porcupine12 obs
  • Common Garter Snake11 obs
  • Sagebrush Mariposa Lily8 obs
  • California Quail6 obs
  • Coyote5 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/434910065

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