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T-Rex Memorial

T-Rex Memorial from directly overhead

T-Rex Memorial is a historic site in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 67 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Normandale Park, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 7.5 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
stone
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.53049, -122.60746

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Normandale Park: 0.1 mi
  • Frazer Park: 0.2 mi
  • Laurelhurst Butterfly Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Rosemont Bluff Natural Area: 0.7 mi
  • Rose City Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
  • Bill Naito Legacy Fountain: 3.1 mi
  • Portland Walking Tours: 3.2 mi
  • Portland Spirit: 3.2 mi
  • Williamette Jetboat Excursions: 3.3 mi
  • Portland Spirit Dock: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 53
Waterfalls: 47
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 3.8 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Pothole Falls: 11.0 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Area D: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 1.2 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Poet's Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 4.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 5.3 mi
  • North Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 2.5 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 2.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 2.5 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 6.4 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 11.7 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 20.0 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 21.4 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.7 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of T-Rex Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainNE 49°1,057 m19.8 mi
Elkhorn MountainNE 38°679 m18.4 mi
Livingston MountainNE 48°595 m15.5 mi
Spotted Deer MountainNE 34°594 m19.9 mi
Spud MountainNE 47°576 m16.5 mi
Dixie MountainNW 307°490 m19.3 mi
Biddle ButteE 80°447 m19.6 mi
Little BaldyNE 44°437 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414448535963697064554741
Precip in6.04.54.63.62.82.00.70.61.74.06.37.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland WFO, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9982748133

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