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Jacksonville Forest Park

Jacksonville Forest Park from directly overhead

Jacksonville Forest Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 739 m. Bald Mountain stands 1,715 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Granite Falls, a waterfall 0.6 miles away. Rogue-Umpqua passes 8.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Jacksonville
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates42.32764, -123.01488

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Britt Gardens County Park: 2.4 mi
  • Creekside Park: 2.6 mi
  • Doc Griffin Park: 2.7 mi
  • Pheasant Meadow Park: 3.0 mi
  • Menteer Memorial Park: 5.2 mi
Attractions: 24
  • Historic Nunan House: 2.5 mi
  • Historic C.C. Beekman House: 2.8 mi
  • Linda Brody Memorial Fountain: 2.8 mi
  • Gold Gulch: 6.0 mi
  • Rogue Valley Model Railroad Club: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 21
  • Railroad Trestle: 0.8 mi
  • Hoover-Cooper Building: 7.3 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial Tree: 7.5 mi
  • Oregon Fallen War Heroes Memorial: 7.6 mi
  • In Memory of Karen Chandler: 7.6 mi
Gardens: 12
  • Union Park Community Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Learning Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Memorial rose garden: 9.2 mi
  • Lotus Imports: 9.3 mi
  • Pollenator Garden: 11.2 mi
Artworks: 12
  • Rogue River: 7.3 mi
  • Rogue Gallery & Art Center: 7.4 mi
  • River Hawks: 10.9 mi
  • Madronita: 13.2 mi
  • Tree of life: 13.2 mi
Museums: 11
Nature reserves: 7
  • Beebe Woods: 2.4 mi
  • Beekman Woods: 2.8 mi
  • William Mott Memorial Park: 7.5 mi
  • Whetstone Savanna Preserve: 8.0 mi
  • Agate Desert Preserve: 9.4 mi
Rest areas: 5
Picnic sites: 5
  • E: 10.3 mi
  • Roxy Ann Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Madrone Ledge Picnic Area: 11.6 mi
  • Madrone: 17.9 mi
  • Seattle Bar Day Use Area: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 4
  • Yellowjacket Spring: 20.8 mi
  • Dutchman Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Sheep Camp Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Whisky Spring: 24.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Jacksonville Forest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald MountainSE 139°1,715 m15.5 mi
Anderson ButteSE 145°1,523 m10.6 mi
Point MountainSE 139°1,503 m13.3 mi
Ninemile PeakSW 214°1,466 m15.1 mi
Tallowbox MountainSW 218°1,447 m11.5 mi
Baldy PeakS 185°1,414.272 m16.2 mi
Mount BaldySSW 209°1,411 m10.5 mi
Palmer PeakSSW 212°1,399 m14.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4719:24
June solstice05:3620:1020:53
September equinox07:0018:3419:11
December solstice07:3915:5816:43

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404347515965727165554539
Precip in4.43.03.02.11.40.70.50.40.62.33.95.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/781980305

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