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Old Aurora Colony Museum

Old Aurora Colony Museum from directly overhead

Old Aurora Colony Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,282 m to the east-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Giesy Spring, a spring 1.6 miles away. Silver Falls passes 7.6 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

city in Marion County, Oregon, United States

Dates from 1893.

Wikidata Q657273, matched on coordinates and name (173 m apart).

Visiting

What to expect

Fee
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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.23154, -122.75398

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Canby Community Park: 2.9 mi
  • Canby Skate Park: 3.0 mi
  • Canby Community Park: 3.1 mi
  • Vietnam Era Veterans Memorial: 3.1 mi
  • Knights Bridge Park: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks: 52
  • La Butte: 5.0 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 7.6 mi
  • Parrett Mountain: 8.3 mi
  • Spangler Hill: 8.7 mi
  • Grouse Butte: 8.9 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Oregon Fishing Club: 7.6 mi
  • Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm: 7.8 mi
  • The Pow Wow Tree: 12.6 mi
  • Lange Estates Winery: 14.7 mi
  • Broder Söder: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Singer Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.9 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 4.4 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 4.5 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 4.6 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 10.5 mi
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Phantom Bluff: 12.4 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 18.1 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 23.4 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 23.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 23.8 mi
Springs: 3
  • Giesy Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 12.1 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 16.4 mi
Beaches: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainESE 107°1,282 m23.3 mi
Meyers ButteSSE 147°798 m22.4 mi
High HillSSE 148°568 m17.4 mi
Bald PeakNW 308°497 m18.6 mi
Highland ButteE 88°470 m15.1 mi
Silverton HillsS 170°461 m20.1 mi
Cornell MountainN 0°392 m20.4 mi
Parrett MountainNW 310°381 m8.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1821:03
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4316:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548525963707065554742
Precip in5.54.04.43.42.51.50.40.51.63.75.86.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Aurora State AP, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/528142622

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