Nature reserve · Oregon
Bethany Wetlands Natural Area
Bethany Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaiser Woods Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 4.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
Coordinates45.55836, -122.83410
- 4.4 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 8.3 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 16.1 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 20.1 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 28 mi
- Crown point · 29 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Kaiser Woods Park: 0.3 mi
- Ben Graf Greenway: 0.5 mi
- Kaiser Woods South Park: 0.5 mi
- Kaiser Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- East Community Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Quarry Woods Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Deerfield Woods Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- North Bethany Trail: 1.6 mi
- White Fox Wetlands Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Burton Wetlands Natural Area: 1.7 mi
Gardens
- Learning Garden: 1.3 mi
- Education Garden: 1.4 mi
- Oregon Food Bank Learning Garden: 2.1 mi
- Nissho Iwai Gardens: 3.5 mi
- Howard Vollum Memorial Garden: 4.1 mi
Artworks
- Beaver Buddiies: 2.4 mi
- Elemental Sequence: 3.0 mi
- Untitled: 3.2 mi
- Lebron: 3.2 mi
- Eliud Kipchoge: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Joe Pearson: 2.7 mi
- George Foege Firefighting Pioneer: 3.0 mi
- Nike Time Capsule: 3.5 mi
- The Jeff Johnson Trail: 3.6 mi
- Beaverton Centennial Welcome Tree: 4.6 mi
Attractions
- Nike Swoosh: 3.1 mi
- LeBron Signature Totem: 3.2 mi
- Seb Coe: 3.3 mi
- LA Swoosh: 3.5 mi
- Historic Archibald McGill House: 4.2 mi
Peaks
- Cornell Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Swede Hill: 4.7 mi
- Elk Point: 5.1 mi
- Mount Williams: 5.9 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 7.0 mi
Museums: 53
- Vintage Tek: 4.2 mi
- Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals: 5.6 mi
- Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum: 5.9 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 6.6 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Picnic Shelter: 5.3 mi
- Shelter A: 7.8 mi
- Eagle Shelter: 9.6 mi
- Heron Shelter: 9.7 mi
- Picnic Area A: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 18
- Cedar Mill Falls: 2.8 mi
- Jackson Falls: 6.7 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Knapp Falls: 14.7 mi
- Bonnie Falls: 17.7 mi
Beaches: 15
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 6.5 mi
- Poet's Beach: 8.7 mi
- Surprise Beach: 9.4 mi
- North Beach: 9.5 mi
- Reeder Beach: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Waud Bluff: 5.2 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 12.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.9 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.1 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 9.9 mi
- Roy: 12.3 mi
- Greenville: 13.7 mi
- Thatcher: 14.9 mi
- Champoeg: 21.6 mi
Springs: 5
- Fern Spring: 15.4 mi
- Oliver Spring: 16.4 mi
- Normandin Spring: 17.8 mi
- School District Spring: 20.4 mi
- Giesy Spring: 23.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 17.1 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 18.2 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.8 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Bethany Wetlands Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mountain | NW 320° | 689 m | 20.7 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 312° | 676 m | 19.4 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 329° | 649 m | 17.8 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNW 328° | 618 m | 19.5 mi |
| Hoffman Hill | NW 311° | 614 m | 21.4 mi |
| Rye Hill | NW 323° | 566 m | 15.8 mi |
| Gales Peak | W 266° | 548 m | 18.4 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 307° | 539 m | 17.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:19 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:41 | 16:31 |
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 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 56 | 49 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/157116970
Day trips start here
- Aloha · 5 mi
- Beaverton · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 7 mi
- Hillsboro · 8 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 8 mi
- Portland · 9 mi
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