Red Flat/Hunter Creek Botanical Area
Red Flat/Hunter Creek Botanical Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 632 m. Big Craggies stands 1,382 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Point Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.6 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 5.9 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- US Forest Service
How to reach it
- 5.9 mi off the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
- Meyers Creek Beach Viewpoint · 7 mi
- Natural Bridges · 13 mi
- Whaleshead Viewpoint · 16 mi
- House Rock Viewpoint · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Signal Buttes: 3.3 mi
- Grizzly Mountain: 3.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Quosatana Butte: 4.7 mi
- Sundown Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Buena Vista State Park: 6.4 mi
- South Beach Park: 6.7 mi
- Collier H Buffington Memorial Park: 6.8 mi
- Pocket Park: 7.0 mi
- Huntley Park: 7.7 mi
- Wakeman Beach: 10.2 mi
- Secret Beach: 12.5 mi
- Ophir Beach: 13.3 mi
- Whaleshead Beach: 16.2 mi
- Lone Ranch Beach: 18.9 mi
- Thoms Point: 8.7 mi
- Windy Point: 12.0 mi
- Thomas Point: 14.3 mi
- Green Wall: 16.2 mi
- Twin Sisters: 16.7 mi
- Prehistoric Gardens: 17.4 mi
- Amphitheater: 20.9 mi
- Japanese Bombing Site Trailhead: 22.0 mi
- Chetco Grange: 22.2 mi
- Brookings Marine Research Area: 20.6 mi
- Harris Beach State Park: 20.9 mi
- Harris Beach Marine Garden: 21.1 mi
- Humbug Mountain State Park: 22.9 mi
- Pine Point Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Lone Ranch Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
- Curry County Veterans Memoria;: 6.6 mi
- Curry Historical Museum: 6.7 mi
- Ophir Rest Area: 12.5 mi
- Frankport: 16.2 mi
- Botanical Gardens: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Red Flat/Hunter Creek Botanical Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Craggies | E 100° | 1,382 m | 12.5 mi |
| Game Lake Peak | ENE 68° | 1,341.425 m | 11.3 mi |
| Saddle Mountain | ENE 76° | 1,290 m | 8.9 mi |
| Snow Camp Mountain | ESE 105° | 1,286 m | 7.1 mi |
| Collier Butte | E 92° | 1,284 m | 8.7 mi |
| Jacoby Butte | E 97° | 1,223 m | 7.9 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | E 89° | 1,210 m | 6.1 mi |
| Green Craggie | ESE 106° | 1,155 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:21 | 18:53 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:41 | 20:16 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 07:05 | 18:39 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:03 | 16:48 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 49 | 50 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 61 | 60 | 56 | 51 | 48 |
| Precip in | 12.0 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 4.9 | 10.7 | 13.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gold Beach RS, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/928624709
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- Brookings-Harbor · 22 mi
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