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Briar Creek Way

Briar Creek Way from directly overhead

Briar Creek Way is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 54 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Swoyer Property, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Hillsboro
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.52805, -122.89498
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 5.2 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 9.1 mi
  • Shelter A: 11.0 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 12.4 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 12.9 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 13.0 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 18.1 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 10.9 mi
  • North Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Waud Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.1 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 23.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Briar Creek Way. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 274°1,048 m23.3 mi
Long MountainNNW 330°689 m20.7 mi
Green MountainNW 322°676 m18.9 mi
Buck MountainNNW 340°649 m18.4 mi
Bunker HillNNW 344°634 m23.9 mi
Tuttle PointW 265°623 m21.5 mi
Tater HillNNW 338°618 m20.1 mi
Hoffman HillNW 320°614 m20.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/605940052

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