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Thomsen Orchard Community Garden

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Thomsen Orchard Community Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 174 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the west, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sanford Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 3.2 miles off.

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Coordinates45.67734, -121.49845

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Springs
  • Sanford Spring: 0.5 mi
  • Bachelor Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Burlingame Spring: 3.4 mi
  • Rhoades Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Shelley Spring: 4.1 mi
Parks
  • Panorama Point Park: 0.6 mi
  • Culbertson Park: 1.5 mi
  • Memory Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Eliot Park: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Creek Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Panorama Point: 0.7 mi
  • Hood River Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Van Horn Butte: 1.6 mi
  • Davidson Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Ehrck Hill: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls
  • Wah Gwin Gwin Falls: 3.6 mi
  • Mosier Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Little Maui Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Labyrinth Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Lower Labyrinth Falls: 5.7 mi
Artworks: 34
Cliffs: 28
  • Coyote Wall: 5.0 mi
  • Wankers Columns: 5.6 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 6.5 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 6.6 mi
  • Rowland Wall: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 14
Museums: 13
Attractions: 8
  • The Henderson Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Wet Planet Rafting: 8.3 mi
  • SA Kitesurf Adventures: 10.1 mi
  • Oxbow Fish Hatchery: 17.5 mi
  • Little Huckleberry Trail No 47 Trailhead: 18.6 mi
Gardens: 7
Beaches: 6
  • Koberg Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Marina Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 2.6 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 3.8 mi
  • Rock Creek Beach: 4.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Columbia Hills State Park Day Use Area: 19.1 mi
  • Ice Cave Picnic Area: 20.7 mi
  • Eagle Creek Day Use Area: 20.8 mi
  • Hemlock Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Thomsen Orchard Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceW 260°1,504 m11.0 mi
Mill Creek ButtesS 184°1,497.48 m16.0 mi
Little Huckleberry MountainNW 325°1,457.2 m17.5 mi
Green Point MountainWSW 255°1,443.8 m13.6 mi
Chinidere MountainWSW 248°1,416 m16.4 mi
Tomlike MountainWSW 252°1,387 m15.4 mi
Shellrock MountainS 186°1,354.5 m14.8 mi
Monte CristoNNW 347°1,271.3 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:3919:19
June solstice05:1720:1421:00
September equinox06:5418:2619:05
December solstice07:4515:3516:25

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363944505762696962514135
Precip in5.23.53.21.81.30.80.20.20.72.64.85.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hood RVR EXP STN, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • deerbrush ceanothus27 obs
  • Oregon oak26 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard23 obs
  • California poppy20 obs
  • bigleaf maple20 obs
  • Bronze Jumping Spider20 obs
  • Cornflower20 obs
  • Arrowleaf Buckwheat18 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/938276681

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