Nature reserve · Oregon
Quarry Woods Natural Area
Quarry Woods Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kaiser Woods Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
Coordinates45.55940, -122.82139
- 5.0 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 7.9 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 15.5 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 19.5 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Crown point · 28 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Kaiser Woods Park: 0.5 mi
- Kaiser Woods South Park: 0.5 mi
- Kaiser Woods Park: 0.6 mi
- Bannister Creek Park: 0.8 mi
- Ulrich Gerber Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Bethany Wetlands Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Burton Wetlands Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Alder Ridge Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- White Fox Wetlands Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Deerfield Woods Natural Area: 2.0 mi
Gardens
- Learning Garden: 1.9 mi
- Education Garden: 2.0 mi
- Oregon Food Bank Learning Garden: 2.5 mi
- Nissho Iwai Gardens: 3.6 mi
- Howard Vollum Memorial Garden: 4.1 mi
Historic sites
- George Foege Firefighting Pioneer: 2.7 mi
- Joe Pearson: 2.9 mi
- Nike Time Capsule: 3.6 mi
- The Jeff Johnson Trail: 3.6 mi
- The Broken Wall Memorial: 4.8 mi
Artworks
- Beaver Buddiies: 3.0 mi
- Untitled: 3.3 mi
- Lebron: 3.3 mi
- Eliud Kipchoge: 3.3 mi
- Equality: 3.3 mi
Attractions
- Nike Swoosh: 3.2 mi
- LeBron Signature Totem: 3.3 mi
- Seb Coe: 3.4 mi
- LA Swoosh: 3.5 mi
- Historic Archibald McGill House: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Cornell Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Swede Hill: 4.3 mi
- Elk Point: 4.7 mi
- Mount Williams: 6.1 mi
- Council Crest: 6.9 mi
Museums: 53
- Vintage Tek: 4.2 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 6.1 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 6.2 mi
- Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals: 6.2 mi
- Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum: 6.6 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Picnic Shelter: 5.8 mi
- Shelter A: 7.1 mi
- Eagle Shelter: 9.2 mi
- Heron Shelter: 9.3 mi
- Picnic Area A: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Cedar Mill Falls: 2.5 mi
- Jackson Falls: 7.1 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Knapp Falls: 14.2 mi
- Singer Falls: 17.4 mi
Beaches: 15
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 5.9 mi
- Poet's Beach: 8.1 mi
- Surprise Beach: 8.9 mi
- North Beach: 8.9 mi
- Reeder Beach: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Waud Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.5 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 9.5 mi
- Roy: 12.8 mi
- Greenville: 14.3 mi
- Thatcher: 15.5 mi
- Champoeg: 21.8 mi
Springs: 5
- Fern Spring: 15.8 mi
- Oliver Spring: 16.6 mi
- Normandin Spring: 18.4 mi
- School District Spring: 19.8 mi
- Giesy Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 16.7 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 17.9 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.8 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.0 miles of Quarry Woods Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Long Mountain | NW 319° | 689 m | 21.0 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 310° | 676 m | 19.8 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 327° | 649 m | 18.1 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 326° | 618 m | 19.8 mi |
| Hoffman Hill | NW 310° | 614 m | 21.8 mi |
| Rye Hill | NW 321° | 566 m | 16.1 mi |
| Gales Peak | W 266° | 548 m | 19.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 306° | 539 m | 18.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:19 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:41 | 16:31 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 56 | 49 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/157118280
Day trips start here
- Aloha · 5 mi
- Beaverton · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 7 mi
- Hillsboro · 8 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 8 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 9 mi
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