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Cape Foulweather Complex Marine Conservation Area

Cape Foulweather Complex Marine Conservation Area from directly overhead

Cape Foulweather Complex Marine Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,052 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Whale Cove Marine Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

How to reach it

Coordinates44.78205, -124.07355

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 43
  • Siletz Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Rocky Top: 3.8 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Salal Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Cannery Mountain: 8.2 mi
Artworks: 13
  • Whale Skeleton: 10.1 mi
  • Shipwreck: 10.2 mi
  • Mermaid: 10.5 mi
  • Orcas: 10.6 mi
  • Whales: 10.6 mi
Attractions: 10
Historic sites: 10
  • The Courage to Succeed: 2.0 mi
  • Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
  • Yellow Submarine: 11.1 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Beverly Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Moolack Beach: 5.7 mi
  • South Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 14.8 mi
  • Holly Beach: 21.6 mi
Museums: 6
  • Whale Research EcoExcursions: 1.9 mi
  • Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 10.4 mi
  • North Lincoln County Historical Museum: 10.5 mi
  • Education Wing: 11.2 mi
  • Toledo Centennial History Center: 12.9 mi
Gardens: 3
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 17.3 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cape Foulweather Complex Marine Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sugarloaf MountainENE 67°1,051.56 m21.1 mi
Saddle Bag MountainNE 45°1,032 m20.5 mi
Fanno PeakENE 74°1,015.898 m21.9 mi
Riley PeakENE 72°1,004 m24.0 mi
Big TipENE 76°863 m17.1 mi
Green MountainE 94°860 m21.3 mi
Table MountainSSE 151°857.707 m24.2 mi
Rocky PointNE 46°853.4 m19.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:29
June solstice05:3120:2121:07
September equinox07:0418:3719:15
December solstice07:5215:5016:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484748495356585957555047

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 3N, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1460913860

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