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Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area

Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area from directly overhead

Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 64 m. South Fork Mountain stands 1,473 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Philip Foster Farm, a museum 1.4 miles away. West Cascades passes 5.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.35038, -122.38130

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Barton Park: 2.4 mi
  • Boring-Estacada Rail Line: 2.9 mi
  • Timber Park: 3.8 mi
  • Fred Campanella Memorial City Park: 4.0 mi
  • Wade Creek Park: 4.3 mi
Peaks
  • Aemisegger Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Zion Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Sunshine Butte: 7.9 mi
  • East Bliss Butte: 8.1 mi
  • Highland Butte: 8.4 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions: 54
  • Clackamas Hatchery Visitor Center: 3.9 mi
  • Clackamas Hatchery: 3.9 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 6.0 mi
  • Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 8.2 mi
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 9.1 mi
Waterfalls: 52
  • Hidden Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Singer Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 11.6 mi
Museums: 45
Picnic sites: 16
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 15.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 15.4 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 9
  • Sandy River Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Swim beach: 14.6 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 16.5 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 17.7 mi
Springs: 4
  • spring w/concrete cover: 5.7 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 19.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Bonnie Lure State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Fork MountainSSE 159°1,473 m19.2 mi
Tumala MountainESE 116°1,432 m18.5 mi
Soosap PeakSSE 163°1,419 m20.2 mi
Wildcat MountainESE 103°1,365 m17.0 mi
Githens MountainESE 114°1,363 m16.8 mi
Sheepshead RockESE 112°1,359 m19.7 mi
Huckleberry MountainE 100°1,307 m18.6 mi
Wanderers PeakSSE 152°1,306 m19.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2220:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:3019:09
December solstice07:4715:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448525762686864554742
Precip in7.55.96.95.43.92.60.60.82.25.58.18.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Estacada 2 SE, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific yew19 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog14 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay14 obs
  • Mule Deer12 obs
  • Isabella Tiger Moth12 obs
  • Oregon oak12 obs
  • Oregon grape11 obs
  • American Beaver10 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1057696224

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