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Gresham Woods Natural Area

Gresham Woods Natural Area from directly overhead

Gresham Woods Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 83 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,202 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Shimmering Pines, a park 0.3 miles away. Mount Hood passes 2.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Gresham
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.48796, -122.45779

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shimmering Pines: 0.3 mi
  • Hollybrook Park: 0.4 mi
  • Linneman Station Park: 0.6 mi
  • Southwest Community Park: 0.7 mi
  • Cedarville Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
  • Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 3.7 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 4.0 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 5.1 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 6.9 mi
  • Bob's Red Mill - World Headquarters: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls
Museums: 47
Picnic sites: 27
  • Picnic Area B: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 6.9 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 8.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 12
  • Swim beach: 4.7 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 8.2 mi
  • Lieser Point: 10.2 mi
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 10.9 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 15.0 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 17.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 24.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 24.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 21.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Gresham Woods Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainE 80°1,202 m18.0 mi
Sherrard PointE 80°1,146 m18.2 mi
Larch MountainNNE 26°1,057 m17.6 mi
Lookout PointE 91°802 m16.0 mi
Walker PeakE 93°736 m15.9 mi
Devils RestENE 72°732 m16.8 mi
Elkhorn MountainNNE 14°679 m17.8 mi
Pepper MountainENE 79°655 m14.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:22
June solstice05:2220:1721:03
September equinox06:5818:3019:09
December solstice07:4815:4016:30

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1215145464

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