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Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.)

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Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.) is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG), a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 4.5 miles off.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates45.57678, -122.73362

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG): 0.0 mi
  • Garden 12: N. Monteith Ave & N. Warren St.: 0.1 mi
  • Garden 10: Physical Plant (North Parking Lot): 0.1 mi
  • Garden 11: N. Van Houten Ave & N. Strong St: 0.1 mi
  • Garden 14: Tyson Hall: 0.1 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 20
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.2 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.3 mi
  • North Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 5.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 0.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.5 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.5 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 22.5 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainENE 57°679 m20.8 mi
Buck MountainNW 315°649 m19.8 mi
Livingston MountainENE 68°595 m19.0 mi
Spud MountainENE 66°576 m19.9 mi
Rye HillNW 308°566 m18.3 mi
Bald MountainWNW 297°539 m21.0 mi
Bald PeakSW 231°497 m20.0 mi
Dixie MountainNW 312°490 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548535963697065554742
Precip in6.44.74.83.62.61.50.40.51.64.06.67.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 5 mi away.

  • tree-of-heaven92 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider85 obs
  • Red-flowering Currant78 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle76 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver67 obs
  • Oregon oak67 obs
  • Pacific madrone65 obs
  • Oregon grape64 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/808991870

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