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Portland Puppet Museum

Portland Puppet Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Portland Puppet Museum, a museum in Oregon
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Portland Puppet Museum, a museum in Oregon
Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Puppet Museum, a museum in Oregon
Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Puppet Museum, a museum in Oregon
Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0
Portland Puppet Museum, a museum in Oregon
Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Portland Puppet Museum is a museum in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Livingston Mountain stands 595 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Oaks Pioneer Church and Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 9.8 miles off.

About

The story

The Portland Puppet Museum is a puppet museum founded and curated by Steven Overton, located in Portland, Oregon's Sellwood-Moreland neighborhood. The museum was established in 2012, and has been described as one of the city's "most unconventional" museums.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q106696150, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
33.2 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.46275, -122.65672

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Spanish American War Veterans Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • Jesse V. Boone: 1.2 mi
  • George H. Himes: 1.7 mi
  • John F. Kennedy: 2.0 mi
  • Multnomah: 2.8 mi
Artworks
  • Kerf: 0.9 mi
  • Kerf: 0.9 mi
  • Saint Francis: 1.6 mi
  • TRI IT: 2.0 mi
  • Bower: 2.5 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 24
Waterfalls: 23
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 1.6 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Singer Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 8.2 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Poet's Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 6.6 mi
  • North Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Lieser Point: 10.5 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Phantom Bluff: 4.3 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.5 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 8.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • School District Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 16.8 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 17.4 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Portland Puppet Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Livingston MountainNE 43°595 m20.5 mi
Spud MountainNE 42°576 m21.5 mi
Bald PeakWSW 257°497 m19.9 mi
Dixie MountainNW 322°490 m20.8 mi
Highland ButteSE 146°470 m18.7 mi
Little BaldyNE 40°437 m19.4 mi
Ross MountainE 79°396 m20.8 mi
Cornell MountainNW 313°392 m6.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548535963697065554742
Precip in6.44.74.83.62.61.50.40.51.64.06.67.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/428144716

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