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Green Mountain Legacy Lands Open Space

Green Mountain Legacy Lands Open Space from directly overhead

Green Mountain Legacy Lands Open Space is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 159 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Shawood Community Park, a park 0.5 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 5.5 miles off.

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Coordinates45.65427, -122.44544

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shawood Community Park: 0.5 mi
  • Green Mountain Park: 0.7 mi
  • Camas Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Lacamas Prairie Natural Area: 1.2 mi
  • Lacamas Prarie East Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Green Mountain: 0.6 mi
  • Munsell Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Brunner Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Little Baldy: 2.8 mi
  • Camp Hill: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Waterfalls
Attractions
Artworks
  • Bald Eagle: 6.2 mi
  • Quaytskin: 6.4 mi
  • Firebird: 8.4 mi
  • Sentinels;Habitat Tiles: 8.5 mi
  • Cloud Walk: 8.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Peace Pole: 6.3 mi
  • Nichaqwli Monument: 6.9 mi
  • Eutectic Gallery: 8.5 mi
  • Victor G. Atiyeh: 8.5 mi
  • Peace Pole: 9.4 mi
Museums: 50
Picnic sites: 26
  • Oak: 11.9 mi
  • Maple: 11.9 mi
  • Alder: 12.0 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 12.0 mi
  • Birch: 12.0 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 5.9 mi
  • Swim beach: 6.9 mi
  • Lieser Point: 7.5 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 15
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • School District Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Summit Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 16.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 12.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Green Mountain Legacy Lands Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Star MountainENE 57°1,337 m11.9 mi
Sturgeon RockNE 56°1,267 m11.5 mi
Little BaldyENE 61°1,201 m13.3 mi
Bluff MountainENE 64°1,198.3 m13.7 mi
Pyramid RockENE 59°1,091 m10.8 mi
Larch MountainENE 59°1,057 m8.4 mi
Jack MountainNE 36°858 m15.9 mi
Kloochman ButteNE 45°777.8 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:22
June solstice05:2120:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3019:09
December solstice07:4815:3916:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448535964697064554742
Precip in5.03.74.43.62.92.10.60.61.84.05.86.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Troutdale AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/150428995

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