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Oxbow Regional Park

Oxbow Regional Park from directly overhead

Oxbow Regional Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Palmer Peak stands 1,222 m to the east-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy River Grove Reserve, a nature reserve 1.2 miles away. Mount Hood passes 2.1 miles off.

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Coordinates45.49800, -122.29162

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Cemetery Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Chanticleer Point: 3.0 mi
  • Ross Mountain: 3.1 mi
  • Chamberlain Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Crown Point: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint: 3.0 mi
  • Sandy River Scenic Waterway: 3.4 mi
  • Dodge Park: 4.2 mi
  • Southeast Community Park: 4.3 mi
  • Sandee Palisades Park: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Waterfalls
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Devoted Passion: 5.1 mi
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 6.5 mi
  • Quaytskin: 6.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 6.9 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 8.8 mi
Attractions: 52
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 3.4 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 5.1 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 5.4 mi
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 6.2 mi
  • Camas Potholes: 8.7 mi
Museums: 44
Picnic sites: 20
  • Wahkeena Picnic Site: 9.6 mi
  • Ainsworth Day Use Area: 13.0 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 14.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 14.8 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 18
Springs: 11
  • Wahkeena Spring: 9.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 12.2 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 16.8 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 19.1 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 19.5 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Cottonwood Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 7.2 mi
  • Swim beach: 8.7 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Oxbow Regional Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palmer PeakENE 70°1,222 m14.6 mi
Larch MountainENE 77°1,202 m10.0 mi
Nesmith PointENE 66°1,180.2 m15.1 mi
Mount TalapusENE 74°1,178 m16.3 mi
Aschoff ButtesESE 110°1,159 m15.4 mi
Sherrard PointENE 76°1,146 m10.2 mi
Aschoff ButtesESE 108°1,096 m15.8 mi
Larch MountainN 359°1,057 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2120:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:4016:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404347515862686863544640
Precip in6.34.75.14.23.32.40.60.71.94.67.57.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Troutdale, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mule Deer82 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug75 obs
  • Pacific Bleeding Heart67 obs
  • Pacific trillium66 obs
  • salal56 obs
  • Fairy-slipper55 obs
  • Salmonberry55 obs
  • western maidenhair fern54 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/202614995

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