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Yamhill Valley Heritage Center

Yamhill Valley Heritage Center from directly overhead

Yamhill Valley Heritage Center is a museum in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Trask Mountain stands 1,040 m to the northwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Heather Glen Park, a park 1.5 miles away. Silver Falls passes 17 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Yamhill Valley Historical Society

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.17905, -123.23160
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heather Glen Park: 1.5 mi
  • Heather Hollow: 1.5 mi
  • Discovery Meadows Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • James Park: 1.9 mi
  • West McMinnville Linear Park: 1.9 mi
Peaks
  • Eagle Point: 5.0 mi
  • Walnut Hill: 5.2 mi
  • The Butte: 6.5 mi
  • Slide Mountain: 7.5 mi
  • Crescent Hill: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves: 38
Museums: 29
  • Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum: 4.6 mi
  • Yamhill County Museum: 7.4 mi
  • Willamina Historical Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Oregon Vintage Machinery Museum: 15.0 mi
  • Richardson Building (Large Engine Museum): 15.0 mi
Artworks: 28
Historic sites: 21
  • WPA Stairs: 2.6 mi
  • Old Kinney Mill Millstone: 2.6 mi
  • The Willamette Mission: 11.2 mi
  • Ewing Young Oak: 13.5 mi
  • Champoeg Monument: 16.9 mi
Gardens: 14
Attractions: 9
  • Mushroom House: 4.3 mi
  • Wings & Waves Water Park: 4.4 mi
  • Lange Estates Winery: 12.2 mi
  • Steam Sawmill: 15.1 mi
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 18.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 10.9 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 11.3 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 11.3 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 20.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Springs: 3
  • La Toutena Mary Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Yamhill Valley Heritage Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Trask MountainNW 321°1,040 m17.2 mi
Sheridan PeakNW 304°942 m12.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 302°932 m13.1 mi
Gobblers KnobNW 325°932 m22.1 mi
Condenser PeakSW 232°932 m23.7 mi
Windy PointNNW 337°880 m23.0 mi
Dovre PeakNW 305°864 m16.4 mi
Dorn PeakSW 229°860 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2620:1921:05
September equinox07:0118:3319:12
December solstice07:5015:4516:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414447515863696864544640

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MC Minnville, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/678519208

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