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Beazell Memorial Forest

Beazell Memorial Forest from directly overhead

Beazell Memorial Forest is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Marys Peak stands 1,249 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hayes Hill, a peak 1.5 miles away. Silver Falls passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
189 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Benton County

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.65171, -123.42184
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hayes Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Reception Peak: 2.5 mi
  • Price Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Burgett Hill: 3.2 mi
  • McCulloch Peak: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • Fort Hoskins Historic Park: 2.6 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Park: 7.0 mi
  • Chepenafa Springs Park: 7.6 mi
  • Flossie Overman Discovery Park: 7.8 mi
  • Timberhill Park: 7.9 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Gardens: 12
  • Pioneer Park Rock Garden: 8.0 mi
  • Calvin Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 8.9 mi
  • Organic Growers Club Vegetable Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Dunawi Creek Community Garden: 9.2 mi
Artworks: 10
Museums: 7
  • Benton County Historical Museum: 8.0 mi
  • Corvallis Museum: 10.1 mi
  • Taylor's Vintage Car Collection: 10.6 mi
  • Albany Regional Museum: 15.6 mi
  • Independence Heritage Museum: 18.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Sulfer Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Solstice Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Hull Spring: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Green Peak Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Waters of Mormon: 22.5 mi
  • Alsea Falls: 22.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Telephone of the Wind: 15.3 mi
  • Blue Car Wreck: 24.8 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 9.8 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Valsetz: 17.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Beazell Memorial Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys PeakSSW 212°1,248.8 m12.0 mi
Fanno PeakNW 324°1,015.898 m18.6 mi
Old Blue MountainSSW 208°1,003 m15.0 mi
Bald MountainNNW 329°980 m11.7 mi
Alsea MountainSSW 203°928 m12.9 mi
Green MountainNW 305°860 m13.1 mi
Flat MountainS 191°812 m16.3 mi
Little Grass MountainNW 307°810 m10.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:26
June solstice05:2920:1821:03
September equinox07:0218:3419:13
December solstice07:4815:4816:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F384043475458646460514237
Precip in11.28.48.15.42.81.50.30.41.85.010.413.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis Water Bureau, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Columbian Larkspur48 obs
  • Rough-skinned Newt47 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug47 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart37 obs
  • Pacific trillium33 obs
  • largeflower fairybells29 obs
  • Solomon's plume28 obs
  • Oregon iris28 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/294781051

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