Oregon Rail Heritage Center
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Oregon Rail Heritage Center is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Livingston Mountain stands 595 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Arte, Música y Amigos, a artwork 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 8.6 miles off.
The story
The Oregon Rail Heritage Center (reporting mark ORHC) is a railway museum in Portland, Oregon. Along with other rolling stock, the museum houses three steam locomotives owned by the City of Portland: Southern Pacific 4449, Spokane, Portland & Seattle 700, and Oregon Railroad & Navigation Co. 197, the first two of which are restored and operable. The center opened to the public on September 22, 2012. The project to establish the center was led by the Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation (ORHF), a non-profit organization, which was renamed from the Oregon Heritage Steam Foundation in 2002. The non-profit Oregon Steam Heritage Foundation was formed in 2000. The museum site is in Southeast Portland.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 2012.
Wikidata Q7101305, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Rail Heritage Foundation
How to reach it
- 8.6 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 10.8 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 11.9 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 13.2 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 19 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Crown point · 20 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Arte, Música y Amigos: 0.2 mi
- We Have Always Lived Here: 0.2 mi
- This All Happened More or Less: 0.4 mi
- Art Fills the Void: 0.4 mi
- Intersection: 0.5 mi
- Portland Spirit: 0.2 mi
- Williamette Jetboat Excursions: 0.3 mi
- Portland Spirit Dock: 0.8 mi
- Liberty Bell: 1.0 mi
- Bill Naito Legacy Fountain: 1.1 mi
- U.S. Submarine Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Stephen Coffin: 0.8 mi
- Lewis and Clark: 0.8 mi
- Francis W. Pettygrove: 0.9 mi
- Thomas Jefferson: 1.0 mi
- Ladd West Garden: 0.5 mi
- Ladd South Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ladd North Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ladd East Garden: 0.7 mi
- Minh Chau Garden: 0.8 mi
- South Waterfront Park: 0.5 mi
- Ladd Circle: 0.6 mi
- Brooklyn Park: 0.7 mi
- South Waterfront Greenway: 0.8 mi
- Elizabeth Caruthers Park: 0.9 mi
- Ross Island Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard Parkway: 1.5 mi
- Heron Pointe Wetland: 1.5 mi
- Nicolai Woods: 2.2 mi
- George Himes Park: 2.3 mi
- Council Crest: 2.3 mi
- Mount Tabor: 3.3 mi
- Elk Point: 4.3 mi
- Cornell Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Swede Hill: 4.7 mi
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 0.3 mi
- USS Blueback: 0.3 mi
- Architectural Heritage Center: 0.7 mi
- Portland Police Museum: 0.9 mi
- Oregon Maritime Museum: 1.0 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 2.3 mi
- Knapp Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cedar Mill Falls: 6.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.9 mi
- Singer Falls: 10.7 mi
- Picnic Area A: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area B: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area F: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area E: 2.0 mi
- Poet's Beach: 0.5 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 3.7 mi
- North Beach: 6.7 mi
- Surprise Beach: 7.6 mi
- Lieser Point: 7.8 mi
- Waud Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.5 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 7.1 mi
- Fulton: 2.6 mi
- Champoeg: 21.2 mi
- Roy: 21.2 mi
- Latourell: 21.6 mi
- Greenville: 22.7 mi
- School District Spring: 14.7 mi
- Oliver Spring: 18.4 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 20.0 mi
- Giesy Spring: 20.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 24.2 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 17.1 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 17.2 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 18.7 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Oregon Rail Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Mountain | NE 50° | 595 m | 18.5 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 49° | 576 m | 19.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 248° | 497 m | 20.6 mi |
| Dixie Mountain | NW 316° | 490 m | 18.4 mi |
| Little Baldy | NE 47° | 437 m | 17.4 mi |
| Ross Mountain | E 87° | 396 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cornell Mountain | WNW 287° | 392 m | 4.6 mi |
| Parrett Mountain | SW 219° | 381 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:41 | 16:31 |
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 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 1 mi
- Portland · 1 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 1 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 2 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 3 mi
- Milwaukie · 4 mi
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