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Nike Time Capsule

Nike Time Capsule from directly overhead

Nike Time Capsule is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Girl Effect, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.7 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Inscription
NIKE|THERE IS NO FINISH LINE|Twenty years after the start|JUST OPEN IT
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.50739, -122.83046

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Waterhouse Linear Park: 0.6 mi
  • Wanda L. Peck Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • TVWD Athletic Fields- Merlo: 1.0 mi
  • Arbor Station Park: 1.1 mi
  • Willow Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Williams: 2.5 mi
  • Sexton Mountain: 3.5 mi
  • Swede Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Elk Point: 3.9 mi
  • Cornell Mountain: 4.0 mi
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 7.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 8.6 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 9.0 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 9.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.7 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 13.4 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 14.9 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 7.7 mi
  • North Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 6.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 9.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.3 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 19.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of Nike Time Capsule. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNW 325°689 m23.6 mi
Green MountainNW 318°676 m22.0 mi
Buck MountainNNW 334°649 m21.0 mi
Tater HillNNW 332°618 m22.7 mi
Rye HillNNW 329°566 m18.8 mi
Gales PeakW 277°548 m18.6 mi
Bald MountainNW 315°539 m20.1 mi
Wildcat MountainWNW 298°538 m22.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:04
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 °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7722107488

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