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Pecan Creek Natural Area

Pecan Creek Natural Area from directly overhead

Pecan Creek Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Bald Peak stands 497 m to the west, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Lower Pecan Creek Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 7.3 miles off. 55 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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Coordinates45.38629, -122.69516

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Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Cook's Butte Park: 0.5 mi
  • Luscher Farm: 0.8 mi
  • Hazelia Field at Luscher Farm: 0.8 mi
  • Westridge Park: 0.9 mi
  • Greentree Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 55
  • Cooks Butte: 0.6 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Sylvania: 3.8 mi
  • Oatfield Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Bull Mountain: 6.6 mi
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 19
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 2.3 mi
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 4.4 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 6.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 6.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 7.1 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Willamette Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Singer Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 6.5 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Poet's Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 11.6 mi
  • North Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 16.1 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.1 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 1.5 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 11.5 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 12.8 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 4
  • Giesy Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 12.9 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 15.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bald PeakW 272°497 m17.5 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 333°490 m24.3 mi
Highland ButteSE 130°470 m16.0 mi
Little BaldyNE 35°437 m24.8 mi
Ross MountainENE 67°396 m24.1 mi
Cornell MountainNNW 344°392 m10.1 mi
Parrett MountainWSW 240°381 m10.6 mi
East Bliss ButteENE 68°344 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:23
June solstice05:2320:1821:03
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4216:31

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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1272644850

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