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Philip Foster Farm

Philip Foster Farm from directly overhead

Philip Foster Farm is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 105 m. South Fork Mountain stands 1,473 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area, a nature reserve 1.4 miles away. Mount Hood passes 4.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.35837, -122.35462

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Barton Park: 2.9 mi
  • Boring-Estacada Rail Line: 3.3 mi
  • Fred Campanella Memorial City Park: 4.0 mi
  • Timber Park: 4.1 mi
  • Eagle Fern Park: 4.1 mi
Peaks
  • Aemisegger Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Zion Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Sunshine Butte: 7.8 mi
  • East Bliss Butte: 8.2 mi
  • Hogan Butte: 8.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 10.4 mi
  • Devoted Passion: 12.4 mi
  • Jesus: 12.5 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 12.5 mi
  • The Gathering: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 56
  • Hidden Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
  • Singer Falls: 12.2 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 12.8 mi
Attractions: 48
  • Clackamas Hatchery Visitor Center: 4.3 mi
  • Clackamas Hatchery: 4.3 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 5.1 mi
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 7.9 mi
  • Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 8.8 mi
Museums: 44
Picnic sites: 16
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 12.6 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 15.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 15.9 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 17.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 9
  • Sandy River Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Swim beach: 14.4 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 15.9 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 18.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • spring w/concrete cover: 6.8 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 18.3 mi
  • School District Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Philip Foster Farm. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Fork MountainSSE 163°1,473 m19.3 mi
Tumala MountainESE 120°1,432 m17.6 mi
Wildcat MountainESE 106°1,365 m15.8 mi
Githens MountainESE 117°1,363 m15.9 mi
Sheepshead RockESE 115°1,359 m18.7 mi
Huckleberry MountainESE 103°1,307 m17.4 mi
Wanderers PeakSSE 156°1,306 m18.9 mi
Goat MountainS 170°1,282 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2220:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:3019:09
December solstice07:4715:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448525762686864554742
Precip in7.55.96.95.43.92.60.60.82.25.58.18.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estacada 2 SE, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1086023135

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