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Camp Eight

Camp Eight from directly overhead

Camp Eight is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,044 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Scaponia Park, a park 1.9 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 18 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Ruins of a mill and loggers shacks at site of Camp Eight logging camp that was active in the 1920's and 1930's.

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Coordinates45.86792, -123.11877

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Scaponia Park: 1.9 mi
  • Vernonia Lake City Park: 2.8 mi
  • Old Mill Area: 3.1 mi
  • Ora Bolmeier City Park: 3.2 mi
  • Webb Way Park: 3.4 mi
Peaks: 59
  • Baker Point: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Cedara: 2.9 mi
  • O-A Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Bunker Hill: 4.1 mi
  • Long Mountain: 5.5 mi
Artworks: 54
Historic sites: 41
Attractions: 36
  • Old Tractor: 7.9 mi
  • Cathlapotle Plankhouse: 17.9 mi
  • Mars: 19.8 mi
  • Earth-Moon: 19.8 mi
  • Venus: 19.8 mi
Nature reserves: 29
Beaches: 12
Waterfalls: 10
  • Bonnie Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Beaver Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Marietta Falls: 20.0 mi
  • Jenny Creek Falls: 20.2 mi
Gardens: 10
Museums: 9
  • Caples House Museum Complex: 15.0 mi
  • Historic Courthouse Museum: 15.5 mi
  • Woodland Historical Museum Society: 18.0 mi
  • La Center Museum: 21.4 mi
  • Cowlitz County Historical Museum: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 6
  • Lunch Place: 14.8 mi
  • Community Stage: 18.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 20.7 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 22.2 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 22.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
Springs: 2
  • Fern Spring: 11.5 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 19.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Camp Eight. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainSW 226°1,044 m20.7 mi
Round TopSW 222°909 m17.6 mi
Nicolai MountainNW 313°902 m22.3 mi
Elk MountainSW 226°850 m24.8 mi
Elk MountainWNW 299°816 m24.7 mi
Green MountainW 273°761 m13.5 mi
Red Rock HillWSW 240°742 m22.7 mi
Belding PointWSW 237°738.84 m22.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2320:2121:07
September equinox07:0018:3319:12
December solstice07:5215:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394044475357626358504238
Precip in6.95.35.33.72.41.40.40.51.84.17.78.3

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

Sources

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7123021748

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