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Fallen Heroes

Fallen Heroes from directly overhead

Fallen Heroes is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 79 m. Rye Hill stands 566 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Downing Greenway, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.7 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Built
2014
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.44922, -122.80783

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Downing Greenway: 0.3 mi
  • Buckskin Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hiteon Park: 0.5 mi
  • Greenway Park: 0.6 mi
  • Englewood Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Andrew Keller Memorial Circle: 2.4 mi
  • Frances Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Howard Vollum Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Learning Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Eden Gardens: 3.8 mi
Peaks: 56
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 19
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 5.5 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 10.0 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 10.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.6 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Singer Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 11.7 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Poet's Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 8.9 mi
  • North Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 6.0 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 9.2 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 6
  • Oliver Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 15.4 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.8 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 22.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rye HillNNW 332°566 m22.8 mi
Gales PeakWNW 288°548 m20.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 320°539 m23.8 mi
Bald PeakWSW 253°497 m12.6 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 342°490 m18.1 mi
Red Slide HillNW 322°473 m22.6 mi
Highland ButteSE 129°470 m23.0 mi
Bald HillNNW 342°427 m24.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10869982360

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