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Sherwood Heritage Center

Sherwood Heritage Center from directly overhead

Sherwood Heritage Center is a museum in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 60 m. Gales Peak stands 548 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Veterans Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 1.0 miles off. 48 named summits stand within 25 miles.

About

The story

city in Oregon, USA

Dates from 1889.

Wikidata Q2639776, matched on coordinates and name (165 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Height
10.0 m
Elevation
60.3 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.35548, -122.84299

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • Rudy Olsen Gas Pump Park: 0.1 mi
  • Robin Hood Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Stella Olsen Park: 0.1 mi
  • Cannery Square: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Bigfoot: 0.7 mi
  • Acorn Statue: 4.5 mi
  • I Wonder: 4.7 mi
  • Statue of Gentle Ben: 4.9 mi
  • Flight of the Moon: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Peaks: 48
  • Pleasant Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Parrett Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • Bull Mountain: 4.4 mi
  • Grouse Butte: 6.0 mi
  • Cooper Mountain: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 5.3 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 5.5 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 5.8 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 5.8 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Willamette Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Singer Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 12.0 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 7
  • Phantom Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 15.9 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 18.9 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • San Salvador Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 15.4 mi
  • North Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 20.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Oliver Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 9.3 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 21.3 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sherwood Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gales PeakNW 305°548 m21.9 mi
Bald PeakWNW 285°497 m10.7 mi
Dixie MountainN 351°490 m24.0 mi
Highland ButteESE 113°470 m21.1 mi
Cornell MountainNNE 20°392 m12.6 mi
Parrett MountainSSW 213°381 m3.8 mi
Mount RichmondWNW 285°380 m19.9 mi
East Bliss ButteENE 70°344 m20.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404347515762686963544539
Precip in6.44.64.83.62.61.60.40.61.64.26.77.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — REX 1 S, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/353116443

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