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Ascension Drive - West

Ascension Drive - West from directly overhead

Ascension Drive - West is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Rye Hill stands 566 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fern Street at 138th Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 1.3 miles off. 52 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Tigard
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.42480, -122.82541

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Northview Park: 0.4 mi
  • Progress Lake Park: 0.6 mi
  • Davids Windsor Park: 0.6 mi
  • Price Park: 1.0 mi
  • Jack Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Andrew Keller Memorial Circle: 1.0 mi
  • Learning Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Deer Resistant Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Rose Pergola: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Tigard Tulip: 2.5 mi
  • Mobius: 2.7 mi
  • Nest: 2.8 mi
  • Troll Ole Bolle: 3.6 mi
  • Insignia: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Museums: 53
Peaks: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 4.9 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 5.7 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 9.3 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 9.4 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.0 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Singer Falls: 11.6 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Poet's Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 10.8 mi
  • North Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.6 mi
  • San Salvador Beach: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 6.3 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 11.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 6
  • Oliver Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 21.4 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 22.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 22.8 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ascension Drive - West. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rye HillNNW 335°566 m24.0 mi
Gales PeakWNW 293°548 m20.3 mi
Bald MountainNW 324°539 m24.6 mi
Bald PeakW 260°497 m11.4 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 346°490 m19.5 mi
Red Slide HillNNW 326°473 m23.4 mi
Highland ButteSE 125°470 m22.7 mi
Cornell MountainNNE 26°392 m7.8 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 °F424448525862686864544641

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaverton 2 SSW, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1009479726

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