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Bradford Island Visitors Center

Bradford Island Visitors Center from directly overhead

Bradford Island Visitors Center is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Mount Defiance stands 1,504 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bradford Island Visitor Center, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD passes 0.6 miles off.

About

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island in Multnomah County, Oregon, United States of America

Wikidata Q49633831, matched on coordinates and name (94 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates45.64161, -121.94361

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bradford Island Visitor Center: 0.1 mi
  • Bradford Island Fishing Area: 0.3 mi
  • Navigation Lock Visitor Center: 0.4 mi
  • North Shore Recreation Area: 0.5 mi
  • Robins Island Recreation Area: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Waterfalls
Springs: 40
  • East Spring: 4.6 mi
  • Teakettle Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 6.8 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 6.8 mi
Artworks: 35
Cliffs: 18
  • Red Bluffs: 4.4 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 4.5 mi
  • Red Bluffs: 4.8 mi
  • Waespe Point: 7.8 mi
  • Cape Horn: 13.2 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Attractions: 14
Gardens: 10
  • Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Rose Garden Labyrinth: 17.1 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 20.2 mi
  • Scott Johnson Community Garden: 20.5 mi
  • Thomsen Orchard Community Garden: 21.6 mi
Museums: 8
Beaches: 8
  • Home Valley Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 19.8 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 20.8 mi
  • Windboarding Beachhead: 21.1 mi
  • Slackwater Beach: 21.5 mi
Picnic sites: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 16.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Bradford Island Visitors Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DefianceE 87°1,504 m10.7 mi
Indian MountainSE 139°1,491 m8.5 mi
Green Point MountainE 98°1,443.8 m8.5 mi
Buck PeakSSE 158°1,443 m10.7 mi
Chinidere MountainESE 121°1,416 m7.4 mi
Preachers PeakSSE 156°1,389 m12.8 mi
Tomlike MountainESE 108°1,387 m7.3 mi
Table MountainSSE 164°1,383.8 m9.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4119:20
June solstice05:1920:1521:01
September equinox06:5618:2819:07
December solstice07:4615:3716:27

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394146515762686964554539
Precip in11.38.79.16.54.13.20.60.92.67.312.513.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bonneville DAM, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/133945812

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