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Beaverton Creek Wetlands Natural Area

Beaverton Creek Wetlands Natural Area from directly overhead

Beaverton Creek Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Beaverton Centennial Welcome Tree, a historic site 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 4.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District;Beaverton Creek Limited Partners

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.49243, -122.83527

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • LA Swoosh: 1.2 mi
  • Seb Coe: 1.3 mi
  • LeBron Signature Totem: 1.4 mi
  • Nike Swoosh: 1.5 mi
  • Broder Söder: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 8.6 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 8.7 mi
  • Shelter A: 9.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 10.2 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 2.9 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 13.5 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 8.0 mi
  • North Beach: 11.9 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Lieser Point: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 7.5 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.6 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 18.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 18.9 mi
  • School District Spring: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.3 miles of Beaverton Creek Wetlands Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNNW 327°689 m24.3 mi
Green MountainNW 320°676 m22.6 mi
Buck MountainNNW 335°649 m21.8 mi
Tuttle PointW 271°623 m24.3 mi
Tater HillNNW 334°618 m23.5 mi
Rye HillNNW 331°566 m19.6 mi
Gales PeakW 280°548 m18.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 318°539 m20.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard417 obs
  • Great Blue Heron216 obs
  • Canada Goose202 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird193 obs
  • Oregon grape169 obs
  • American Wigeon160 obs
  • Coypu137 obs
  • Pacific trillium135 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/149505648

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