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Elizabeth Meadows Wetlands Natural Area

Elizabeth Meadows Wetlands Natural Area from directly overhead

Elizabeth Meadows Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is York Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.49865, -122.87384
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • York Park: 0.4 mi
  • Pío Pío Park: 0.5 mi
  • Beaver Park: 0.6 mi
  • Unity Park: 0.6 mi
  • Albin Woods Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 7.4 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 7.5 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 10.2 mi
  • Shelter A: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 12.0 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 9.1 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 11.6 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 9.8 mi
  • North Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 10.6 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.4 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 19.3 mi
  • School District Spring: 23.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.6 miles of Elizabeth Meadows Wetlands Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 278°1,048 m24.5 mi
Long MountainNNW 331°689 m23.0 mi
Green MountainNW 323°676 m21.1 mi
Buck MountainNNW 340°649 m20.7 mi
Tuttle PointW 270°623 m22.4 mi
Tater HillNNW 338°618 m22.3 mi
Hoffman HillNW 322°614 m23.1 mi
Rye HillNNW 335°566 m18.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Oregon grape136 obs
  • Pacific trillium114 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel106 obs
  • American Crow104 obs
  • American Robin102 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug99 obs
  • western sword fern97 obs
  • American Bullfrog92 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 way/159271155

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