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Collins Sanctuary

Collins Sanctuary from directly overhead

Collins Sanctuary is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 181 m. Buck Mountain stands 649 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Pittock Bird Sanctuary, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 7.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Audubon Society of Portland
Access
Permitted
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.52742, -122.73479

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Pittock Mansion: 0.9 mi
  • "Peggy" Locomotive: 1.4 mi
  • Great Northwest: 1.5 mi
  • Cascade Crest: 1.5 mi
  • Discovery Zone: 1.6 mi
Parks
Gardens
Artworks
  • Sapporo Pagoda: 1.4 mi
  • Sculpture Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Tree: 1.7 mi
  • Large Metal Pigs: 1.8 mi
  • Bella venti-tre e Thurman: 1.8 mi
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 24
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 5.8 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 11.8 mi
  • Singer Falls: 13.3 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.5 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 3.4 mi
  • North Beach: 6.7 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Lieser Point: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 3.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.4 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.5 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.5 mi
Springs: 6
  • School District Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 16.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.5 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Collins Sanctuary. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNW 321°649 m22.3 mi
Livingston MountainENE 59°595 m20.6 mi
Spud MountainENE 58°576 m21.6 mi
Rye HillNW 316°566 m20.6 mi
Bald PeakWSW 240°497 m18.0 mi
Dixie MountainNW 322°490 m15.0 mi
Red Slide HillNW 306°473 m21.4 mi
Little BaldyENE 57°437 m19.3 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 solstice07:4915:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548535963697065554742
Precip in6.44.74.83.62.61.50.40.51.64.06.67.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/130712883

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