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Morrison Woods Natural Area

Morrison Woods Natural Area from directly overhead

Morrison Woods Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 116 m. Green Mountain stands 676 m to the northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Aspen Park Property, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.0 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District

How to reach it

Coordinates45.45462, -122.84810

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hart Meadows Park: 0.7 mi
  • Paul and Verna Winkelman Park: 0.8 mi
  • Renaissance Pointe Park: 0.9 mi
  • Tallac Terrace Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Andrew Keller Memorial Circle: 1.9 mi
  • Learning Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Deer Resistant Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Rose Pergola: 2.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks: 57
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 5.7 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 7.1 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 10.7 mi
  • Shelter A: 11.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Singer Falls: 13.5 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Poet's Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.9 mi
  • North Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 9.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 6
  • Oliver Spring: 9.6 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 16.0 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 20.4 mi
  • School District Spring: 24.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Morrison Woods Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Green MountainNW 325°676 m24.3 mi
Buck MountainNNW 339°649 m24.0 mi
Tuttle PointW 277°623 m23.8 mi
Rye HillNNW 336°566 m21.6 mi
Gales PeakWNW 288°548 m18.6 mi
Bald MountainNW 323°539 m22.3 mi
Wildcat MountainNW 307°538 m23.9 mi
Bald PeakWSW 248°497 m10.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:04
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 °F424448525862686864544641

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaverton 2 SSW, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/129995019

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