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Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area

Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area from directly overhead

Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Grass Mountain stands 1,086 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Perpetua Marine Garden, a nature reserve less than a tenth of a mile away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.27984, -124.11181

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint North: 0.7 mi
  • Neptune State Scenic Viewpoint South: 1.1 mi
  • Yachats State Recreation Area: 2.1 mi
  • Whale Park: 2.2 mi
  • Sunset Park South: 2.3 mi
Peaks: 38
  • Gwynn Knoll: 2.3 mi
  • Green Mountain: 3.9 mi
  • Kerby Mountain: 5.2 mi
  • Blodgett Peak: 5.2 mi
  • Rocky Knoll: 6.5 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Amanda Statue: 0.9 mi
  • Steller Sea Lion Family: 10.9 mi
  • CG 36503: 24.1 mi
  • Pilgrim: 24.1 mi
  • Salmon Nation: 24.1 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Neptune Beach: 0.9 mi
  • Searose Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Stonefield Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Roosevelt Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Roosevelt Beach: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves: 9
Attractions: 9
Gardens: 5
  • Yachats Community Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Bent E. Petersen Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Gerdemann Botanic Preserve: 3.2 mi
  • Silver Surf Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Seashore Joy Garden: 10.5 mi
Museums: 5
Waterfalls: 4
  • Homestead Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Punchbowl Canyon Falls: 24.7 mi
  • Annice Falls: 24.8 mi
  • Elk Wallow Falls: 25.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Cape Mountain Lookout: 12.8 mi
  • Yellow Submarine: 23.9 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 24.8 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Cape Perpetua Special Interest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grass MountainENE 65°1,086 m23.8 mi
Prairie PeakE 90°1,040 m24.9 mi
Table MountainNE 45°857.707 m19.2 mi
Cummins PeakESE 117°755.6 m6.6 mi
Fairview MountainSE 145°702.9 m6.8 mi
Klickitat MountainESE 109°696 m9.7 mi
Saddle MountainSE 132°689 m9.7 mi
Lone Spring MountainENE 56°682 m24.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:29
June solstice05:3320:2021:05
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5015:5316:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484848505356585857555047
Precip in11.98.79.76.64.43.10.90.92.16.210.713.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yachats, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Ochre Sea Star455 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone391 obs
  • salal334 obs
  • coastal manroot235 obs
  • Sitka spruce220 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab210 obs
  • Ghost Pipe207 obs
  • leathery polypody202 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/357324152

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