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Millikan Wetlands Natural Area

Millikan Wetlands Natural Area from directly overhead

Millikan Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Green Mountain stands 676 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Willow Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.49636, -122.82896

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • LA Swoosh: 0.9 mi
  • Seb Coe: 1.0 mi
  • LeBron Signature Totem: 1.1 mi
  • Nike Swoosh: 1.2 mi
  • Broder Söder: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 8.6 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 8.8 mi
  • Shelter A: 9.0 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 14.3 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.4 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 7.7 mi
  • North Beach: 11.4 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Lieser Point: 14.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 8.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.4 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 19.1 mi
  • School District Spring: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.0 miles of Millikan Wetlands Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainNW 319°676 m22.6 mi
Buck MountainNNW 334°649 m21.7 mi
Tater HillNNW 333°618 m23.4 mi
Rye HillNNW 330°566 m19.5 mi
Gales PeakW 279°548 m18.8 mi
Bald MountainNW 317°539 m20.7 mi
Wildcat MountainWNW 300°538 m23.1 mi
Bald PeakWSW 238°497 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/910114619

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