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Happy Valley Nature Park

Happy Valley Nature Park from directly overhead

Happy Valley Nature Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 198 m. Lookout Point stands 802 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Rebstock Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Mount Hood passes 7.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Happy Valley
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.44393, -122.54034

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums: 51
Waterfalls: 49
  • Knapp Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 5.2 mi
  • Singer Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 7.5 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Picnic Area B: 5.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 6.8 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 6.8 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Madrone Wall: 5.5 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.2 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Poet's Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Swim beach: 8.8 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lieser Point: 11.4 mi
Springs: 5
  • spring w/concrete cover: 13.2 mi
  • School District Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 19.2 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 21.3 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Happy Valley Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout PointE 82°802 m20.2 mi
Walker PeakE 84°736 m20.0 mi
Pepper MountainENE 72°655 m18.7 mi
Lenhart ButteESE 110°638 m19.2 mi
Livingston MountainNNE 27°595 m18.3 mi
Spud MountainNNE 27°576 m19.4 mi
Angel's RestENE 66°484 m20.5 mi
Highland ButteSSE 162°470 m15.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1721:03
September equinox06:5818:3019:09
December solstice07:4815:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434549536065717165564742
Precip in6.54.54.83.82.51.80.50.61.64.26.77.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oregon City, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/131085148

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