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Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Preserve

Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Preserve from directly overhead

Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Preserve is a nature reserve in Washington, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lacamas Prairie Natural Area, a park 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND passes 5.4 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Washington State Department of Natural Resources

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.64026, -122.45739

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lacamas Prairie Natural Area: 0.1 mi
  • Green Mountain Park: 0.5 mi
  • Lacamas Prarie East Park: 0.8 mi
  • Camas Heights Park: 1.1 mi
  • Lasamas Prarie South Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Green Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Brunner Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Munsell Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Prune Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Little Baldy: 3.9 mi
Gardens
Waterfalls
Attractions
Artworks
  • Bald Eagle: 5.8 mi
  • Quaytskin: 6.0 mi
  • Firebird: 7.2 mi
  • Sentinels;Habitat Tiles: 7.5 mi
  • Cloud Walk: 7.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Nichaqwli Monument: 5.9 mi
  • Peace Pole: 5.9 mi
  • Eutectic Gallery: 7.5 mi
  • Victor G. Atiyeh: 7.5 mi
  • Peace Pole: 8.3 mi
Museums: 50
Picnic sites: 26
  • Picnic Area B: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 10.9 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 11.6 mi
Cliffs: 15
Beaches: 14
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 5.6 mi
  • Swim beach: 5.9 mi
  • Lieser Point: 6.5 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 3
  • School District Spring: 1.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 16.9 mi
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 13.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Lacamas Prairie Natural Area Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Silver Star MountainNE 55°1,337 m12.9 mi
Sturgeon RockNE 53°1,267 m12.5 mi
Little BaldyENE 59°1,201 m14.2 mi
Bluff MountainENE 61°1,198.3 m14.7 mi
Pyramid RockENE 57°1,091 m11.8 mi
Larch MountainNE 56°1,057 m9.4 mi
Jack MountainNE 36°858 m17.0 mi
Kloochman ButteNE 44°777.8 m12.6 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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bradshaw's desert-parsley23 obs
  • small camas17 obs
  • Pacific trillium16 obs
  • fringe cups16 obs
  • European Mantis16 obs
  • Rose Spirea15 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog14 obs
  • Oregon Coyote-Thistle14 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1212846920

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