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Canal Acres Natural Area

Canal Acres Natural Area from directly overhead

Canal Acres Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 37 m. Bald Peak stands 497 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.9 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Coordinates45.38462, -122.72331

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Heritage Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lloyd Minor Park: 0.6 mi
  • Leonard and Edith Stark Community Boat Ramp: 0.6 mi
  • Pilkington Park: 0.6 mi
  • Westridge Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Museums: 54
Peaks: 51
  • Cooks Butte: 1.4 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Sylvania: 3.7 mi
  • Bull Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Oatfield Hill: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 0.9 mi
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 5.6 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 6.3 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 6.3 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 6.5 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Willamette Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Singer Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 7.8 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Poet's Beach: 8.8 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 11.7 mi
  • North Beach: 15.6 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 2.0 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 12.8 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 12.9 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 4
  • Giesy Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 11.6 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 16.6 mi
  • School District Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Canal Acres Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald PeakW 273°497 m16.2 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 336°490 m23.8 mi
Highland ButteSE 127°470 m17.0 mi
Cornell MountainN 352°392 m9.9 mi
Parrett MountainWSW 237°381 m9.4 mi
East Bliss ButteENE 69°344 m14.0 mi
Iowa HillWNW 283°342 m17.7 mi
Mount ScottENE 60°332 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434549536065717165564742
Precip in6.54.54.83.82.51.80.50.61.64.26.77.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oregon City, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/113237484

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