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Alder Ridge Natural Area

Alder Ridge Natural Area from directly overhead

Alder Ridge Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Green Mountain stands 676 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley View Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 6.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.55737, -122.78346

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Valley View Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bonny Slope Park: 0.9 mi
  • Forest Heights Park: 1.0 mi
  • Bannister Creek Park: 1.1 mi
  • Mill Pond Park: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Cornell Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Swede Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Elk Point: 3.5 mi
  • Council Crest: 5.5 mi
  • Mount Williams: 6.5 mi
Gardens
  • Garden 9: River Campus Dock: 2.6 mi
  • Garden 10: Physical Plant (North Parking Lot): 2.7 mi
  • Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG): 2.8 mi
  • Garden 8: Villa Maria Hall: 2.8 mi
  • Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.): 2.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Nike Swoosh: 3.8 mi
  • LeBron Signature Totem: 3.9 mi
  • Seb Coe: 3.9 mi
  • LA Swoosh: 3.9 mi
  • Pittock Mansion: 3.9 mi
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 2.2 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.0 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Singer Falls: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 6.5 mi
  • North Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 7.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 2.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.7 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.4 mi
  • School District Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Alder Ridge Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainNW 307°676 m21.3 mi
Buck MountainNW 323°649 m19.2 mi
Tater HillNW 322°618 m21.0 mi
Livingston MountainENE 67°595 m21.8 mi
Rye HillNW 316°566 m17.4 mi
Gales PeakW 266°548 m20.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 303°539 m19.6 mi
Bald PeakSW 230°497 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/130776822

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