Canby Depot Museum
Canby Depot Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 44 m. South Fork Mountain stands 1,473 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Clackamas County Fairgrounds, a park 0.2 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 11 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Canby Depot Museum is a railway and local history museum in Canby, Oregon, and housed in the former Canby Depot building. Exhibits include photographs, school memorabilia, a postal service and doctor/dentist displays, antique toys, telephones, cameras, and a print shop. The Canby Depot is the oldest train station in Oregon. It is a Southern Pacific Railroad standard design, a One Story Combination Depot No. 11. The depot originally stood at the intersection of N. First and Grant Streets. It was moved to its current location at the corner of N.E. 4th and Pine and converted into a museum by the Canby Historical Society in the early 1980s.
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What to expect
- Operated by
- Canby Historical Society
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 11.4 mi off the Silver Falls
- 17.1 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 20.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 22 mi
- North Falls Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Crown point · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clackamas County Fairgrounds: 0.2 mi
- Arneson Park: 0.4 mi
- Maple Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Locust Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Postlewait Estates Park: 0.6 mi
- Nineteeth Avenue Loop Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Willamette Wayside Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Fish Eddy Landing: 1.4 mi
- Molalla River State Park: 2.4 mi
- Weber Farm Natural Area: 2.5 mi
- Vietnam Era Veterans Memorial: 1.1 mi
- Oregon Korean War Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Willamette Meteorite replica: 5.6 mi
- Larry Gilbert Dahl: 5.8 mi
- Larry G. Dahl: 6.2 mi
- Old Aurora Colony Museum: 4.2 mi
- Rose Farm Museum & Holmes House: 6.5 mi
- Museum of the Oregon Territory: 6.8 mi
- Old Lockmaster's Office: 7.0 mi
- Ermatinger House: 7.2 mi
- Wilsonville Community Garden: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Grove: 6.0 mi
- Courtyard garden: 6.6 mi
- Greenfingers Community Garden: 6.9 mi
- Drought-tolerant garden: 7.0 mi
- Re-Invention: 4.5 mi
- Modern Flight: 4.6 mi
- Flight of the Moon: 4.6 mi
- Statue of Gentle Ben: 5.5 mi
- Molalla StoryWalk Mulino Route Start: 5.9 mi
- The Pow Wow Tree: 8.7 mi
- Oregon Fishing Club: 10.6 mi
- Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm: 10.7 mi
- Bob's Red Mill - World Headquarters: 11.8 mi
- Nordic Finn Ware: 13.7 mi
- Spangler Hill: 5.2 mi
- La Butte: 8.3 mi
- Pleasant Hill: 8.4 mi
- Cooks Butte: 8.9 mi
- Parrett Mountain: 10.3 mi
- Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 4.2 mi
- Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 4.3 mi
- Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 4.3 mi
- Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 7.1 mi
- Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 8.6 mi
- Coffee Creek Falls: 6.3 mi
- Willamette Falls: 6.6 mi
- Tumble Creek Falls: 6.7 mi
- Singer Falls: 7.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 13.8 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Madrone Wall: 13.9 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 20.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 20.4 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 20.5 mi
- Poet's Beach: 16.6 mi
- San Salvador Beach: 17.0 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 19.9 mi
- Swim beach: 22.9 mi
- North Beach: 23.4 mi
- Champoeg: 10.5 mi
- Fulton: 14.1 mi
- Waconda: 19.5 mi
- Saint Joseph: 22.6 mi
- Giesy Spring: 5.7 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 12.7 mi
- Oliver Spring: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Canby Depot Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fork Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,473 m | 24.7 mi |
| Soosap Peak | ESE 123° | 1,419 m | 24.6 mi |
| Goat Mountain | ESE 116° | 1,282 m | 21.0 mi |
| Meyers Butte | SSE 158° | 798 m | 23.0 mi |
| Bedford Point | E 97° | 714 m | 24.8 mi |
| High Hill | SSE 161° | 568 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | WNW 296° | 497 m | 20.2 mi |
| Highland Butte | E 100° | 470 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:24 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:42 | 16:32 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 57 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.2 | 4.9 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 4.3 | 6.2 | 6.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Willamette EXP STN, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Aurora · 4 mi
- Wilsonville · 5 mi
- Oregon City · 7 mi
- Gladstone · 9 mi
- Lake Oswego · 11 mi
- Tigard · 12 mi
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