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God's Valley Wildlife Area

God's Valley Wildlife Area from directly overhead

God's Valley Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 111 m. Rogers Peak stands 1,116 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is North Fork Nehalem County Park, a park 2.4 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 8.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates45.78382, -123.74362

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • North Fork Nehalem County Park: 2.4 mi
  • Howard Rierson Spruce Run County Park: 6.7 mi
  • Roy Creek Park: 7.2 mi
  • nehalem pickleball courts: 8.5 mi
  • nehalem playground: 8.6 mi
Peaks
  • Cole Mountain: 3.8 mi
  • South Sugarloaf: 5.8 mi
  • Kidders Butte: 6.0 mi
  • Cougar Mountain: 6.4 mi
  • Black Butte: 6.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Nehalem Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Hug Point Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Blumenthal Falls: 11.1 mi
  • Kilchis Falls: 13.3 mi
  • Fishhawk Falls: 14.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Loggers Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Historic marker: 10.8 mi
  • Armstead Memorial: 11.5 mi
  • Sailor's Grave: 16.2 mi
  • End of the Trail: 17.0 mi
Attractions: 9
Museums: 9
Nature reserves: 8
Picnic sites: 6
  • Arcadia Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Klootchy Creek County Park: 11.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 12.7 mi
  • Jones Creek Day Use Area: 16.3 mi
  • Cullaby Lake County Park: 22.2 mi
Artworks: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 3
Beaches: 3
Gardens: 1
  • Hoffman Wonder Garden: 10.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Sunset Rest Area: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.5 miles of God's Valley Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rogers PeakSE 131°1,116 m12.5 mi
Larch MountainESE 119°1,044 m17.5 mi
Hembre RidgeSE 146°1,039.4 m22.4 mi
Saddle MountainNNE 12°1,001 m13.1 mi
Triangulation PointSSE 155°986 m11.6 mi
Kings MountainSE 136°977 m16.1 mi
Buck MountainSE 126°944 m8.2 mi
Pinochle PeakSE 130°944 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4819:28
June solstice05:2620:2321:09
September equinox07:0318:3519:14
December solstice07:5415:4416:34

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F464647495356596058544845
Precip in11.08.19.46.63.92.70.91.22.96.612.011.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Seaside, 17 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Red-backed Salamander4 obs
  • purple foxglove3 obs
  • Spotted Tussock Moth3 obs
  • Coastal Tailed Frog2 obs
  • Dunn's Salamander2 obs
  • Rough-skinned Newt2 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug2 obs
  • thimbleberry2 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/774849437

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