Nature reserve · Oregon
Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge
Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Foster Floodplain Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Mount Hood passes 6.8 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Metro
How to reach it
Coordinates45.47958, -122.55087
- 6.8 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 9.0 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 11.9 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 13.0 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Crown point · 15 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Veterans Creek Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Cottonwood Creek Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Gilbert Ridge Natural Area: 1.9 mi
Parks
- Brookside Park: 0.4 mi
- Bloomington Park: 0.6 mi
- Raymond Park: 0.6 mi
- Mill Lents Park: 0.6 mi
- PlayHaven Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
- Lents Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Portland Memory Garden: 1.1 mi
- Kirkland Union Manor Senior Garden: 1.7 mi
- Garden of Peace: 2.3 mi
- Learning Garden: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
- Robert Delgado memorial: 1.1 mi
- Heart Beacon: 1.1 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 2.3 mi
- T-Rex Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Laurelhurst Park: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Kelly Butte: 1.4 mi
- Mount Scott: 1.7 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 2.2 mi
- Powell Butte: 2.3 mi
- Mount Tabor: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- The Grand Calabash: 2.3 mi
- The Reader: 2.3 mi
- Unity 2: 2.3 mi
- Stone Cloud: 2.3 mi
- Creston Community Convergence Intersection Painting: 3.3 mi
Attractions
- Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 3.9 mi
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Bob's Red Mill - World Headquarters: 4.2 mi
- Rock & Roll: 5.4 mi
- Cosmic Crash: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 53
- Knapp Falls: 0.8 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 4.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 4.9 mi
- Singer Falls: 8.9 mi
- Willamette Falls: 9.5 mi
Museums: 51
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 3.5 mi
- Oregon Military Museum: 4.7 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 5.1 mi
- Portland Puppet Museum: 5.3 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 5.7 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Area B: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Area A: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area D: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area E: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 13
- Poet's Beach: 6.1 mi
- Swim beach: 7.1 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 8.8 mi
- Lieser Point: 8.9 mi
- Sandy River Beach: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.7 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.9 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.0 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Madrone Wall: 7.6 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 12.8 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 15.7 mi
- Giesy Spring: 20.9 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 21.6 mi
- Oliver Spring: 21.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Fulton: 5.9 mi
- Latourell: 16.7 mi
- Bridal Veil: 19.0 mi
- Champoeg: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 17.9 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 18.1 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 21.3 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 23.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Ed's Trail Arch: 24.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | NE 37° | 1,057 m | 20.5 mi |
| Lookout Point | E 89° | 802 m | 20.5 mi |
| Walker Peak | E 91° | 736 m | 20.3 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 26° | 679 m | 19.9 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 80° | 655 m | 18.6 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NNE 33° | 595 m | 16.4 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NNE 32° | 576 m | 17.5 mi |
| Angel's Rest | ENE 73° | 484 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 41 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland WFO, 6 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven539 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider101 obs
- Common Whitetail78 obs
- western sword fern70 obs
- Cross Orbweaver69 obs
- Western Honey Bee68 obs
- Gray Hairstreak67 obs
- Pacific Banana Slug66 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/70077891
Day trips start here
- Milwaukie · 5 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 5 mi
- Gresham · 6 mi
- Portland · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 6 mi
- Gladstone · 7 mi
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