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Orchard Summit Open Space

Orchard Summit Open Space from directly overhead

Orchard Summit Open Space is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Lookout Point stands 802 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Windswept Waters Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Mount Hood passes 7.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.40944, -122.49828

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Windswept Waters Park: 0.5 mi
  • Trillium Creek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Windswept Waters Park: 0.5 mi
  • Hood View Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Falls Nature Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Clifford Stocker Memorial Parkside: 4.5 mi
  • Pow-Wow tree: 5.2 mi
  • Dr. John McLoughlin Memorial Bridge: 5.6 mi
  • Clackamas River Bridge: 5.6 mi
  • Liberty: 6.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Museums: 51
Waterfalls: 48
  • Hidden Falls: 0.7 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Singer Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 21
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 6.7 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 8.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.7 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 9.9 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 14
  • Madrone Wall: 2.4 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 9.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.2 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Swim beach: 10.3 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 10.7 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 13.2 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 13.9 mi
Springs: 5
  • spring w/concrete cover: 10.2 mi
  • School District Spring: 16.6 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 18.8 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 21.2 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 22.6 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Orchard Summit Open Space. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout PointENE 74°802 m18.7 mi
Walker PeakENE 76°736 m18.4 mi
Bedford PointSE 130°714 m20.3 mi
Pepper MountainENE 63°655 m17.7 mi
Lenhart ButteESE 104°638 m16.6 mi
Livingston MountainNNE 19°595 m19.7 mi
Spud MountainNNE 19°576 m20.7 mi
Angel's RestENE 57°484 m19.8 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/131826360

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