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Rock Creek at Brookwood

Rock Creek at Brookwood from directly overhead

Rock Creek at Brookwood is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Crosswater Tract D at Rock Creek Trail, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 4.0 miles off.

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What to expect

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City of Hillsboro
Getting there

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Coordinates45.50791, -122.93376
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Life Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 2.8 mi
Artworks
Attractions: 60
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 48
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 6.4 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 7.4 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 12.6 mi
  • Shelter A: 13.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 14.6 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Lee Falls: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 12.7 mi
  • North Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.3 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 7
  • Waud Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 13.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 18.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Oliver Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 15.2 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.7 miles of Rock Creek at Brookwood. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 278°1,048 m21.5 mi
Woods PointW 280°940 m24.7 mi
Round TopWNW 300°909 m23.8 mi
Windy PointW 266°880 m23.3 mi
Long MountainNNW 337°689 m21.1 mi
Green MountainNNW 329°676 m19.0 mi
Buck MountainNNW 347°649 m19.3 mi
Kutch MountainWSW 241°626 m23.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox07:0018:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1154613805

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