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Cape Kiwanda Marine Garden

Cape Kiwanda Marine Garden from directly overhead

Cape Kiwanda Marine Garden is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Saddle Bag Mountain stands 1,032 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Great Dune, a peak 0.1 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 3.7 miles off. 157 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.

No take of shellfish and other invertebrates in the intertidal except single mussels may be taken for bait. No take of marine plants except by a scientific research permit.

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What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
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Coordinates45.21896, -123.97784

Overlooks nearby

Around it

157 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 48
  • Pacific City Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Woods County Park: 1.3 mi
  • Farmer Creek Rest Area: 6.2 mi
  • Little Nestucca County Park: 7.2 mi
  • Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site: 8.0 mi
Peaks: 47
  • Great Dune: 0.1 mi
  • Miles Mountain: 2.6 mi
  • Round Top: 3.0 mi
  • Alderman Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Buzzard Butte: 6.3 mi
Historic sites: 12
  • Dorymen's Memorial Wall: 0.4 mi
  • Fort Clatsop: 7.1 mi
  • Cape Lookout B-17 Crash Memorial: 8.3 mi
  • Hangar a: 15.9 mi
  • Abraham Lincoln Memorial: 16.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Fishers Point County Boat Launch: 2.1 mi
  • Little Nestucca County Boat Launch: 4.6 mi
  • Lincoln City Cultural Center: 17.3 mi
  • Nelscott Reef: 18.2 mi
  • Octopus Tree: 18.3 mi
Nature reserves: 11
Museums: 6
Artworks: 5
Beaches: 4
  • Kiwanda Beach: 2.2 mi
  • Kiwanda Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Neskowin Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Picnic sites: 2
  • Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 13.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
Gardens: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Saddle Bag MountainSSE 148°1,032 m18.5 mi
Mount HeboE 90°972.312 m12.3 mi
Main PointE 92°966 m10.8 mi
South PointE 94°958 m10.6 mi
Edwards ButteNE 50°956 m18.6 mi
Condenser PeakSE 134°932 m25.0 mi
Grindstone MountainENE 59°864 m17.9 mi
Dovre PeakENE 74°864 m23.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:29
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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1448330875

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