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Bob Straub State Park

Bob Straub State Park from directly overhead

Bob Straub State Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,052 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Kiwanda Beach, a beach 0.6 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 1.7 miles off. 162 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.18031, -123.96638

162 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 51
  • Woods County Park: 2.2 mi
  • Pacific City Community Park: 2.4 mi
  • Little Nestucca County Park: 4.7 mi
  • Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site: 5.4 mi
  • Farmer Creek Rest Area: 7.3 mi
Peaks: 49
  • Great Dune: 2.7 mi
  • Alderman Butte: 2.9 mi
  • Round Top: 3.6 mi
  • Miles Mountain: 4.7 mi
  • Mount Gauldy: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 11
  • Fishers Point County Boat Launch: 1.0 mi
  • Little Nestucca County Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • Lincoln City Cultural Center: 14.7 mi
  • Nelscott Reef: 15.7 mi
  • Drift Creek Falls Bridge: 18.0 mi
Historic sites: 11
Artworks: 6
Museums: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Kiwanda Beach: 0.6 mi
  • Kiwanda Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Neskowin Beach: 5.5 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 13.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bob Straub State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainSE 144°1,051.56 m24.1 mi
Saddle Bag MountainSE 145°1,032 m15.9 mi
Mount HeboENE 77°972.312 m12.1 mi
Main PointENE 77°966 m10.5 mi
South PointE 79°958 m10.2 mi
Edwards ButteNE 43°956 m20.0 mi
Condenser PeakSE 131°932 m22.7 mi
Grindstone MountainNE 51°864 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:28
June solstice05:2920:2221:08
September equinox07:0418:3619:15
December solstice07:5315:4816:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464748505457616159544945
Precip in11.48.78.86.84.33.00.81.13.06.912.212.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cloverdale, 4 mi away.

  • Mule Deer57 obs
  • beach strawberry56 obs
  • purple foxglove40 obs
  • common yarrow38 obs
  • coastal manroot36 obs
  • pearly everlasting35 obs
  • Sitka spruce29 obs
  • Scotch Broom28 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/424213315

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