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Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site

Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site from directly overhead

Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 63 m. Laurel Mountain stands 1,094 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Helmick Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away. Silver Falls passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Built
1922
Elevation
63 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.78158, -123.23675
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Helmick Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Davidson Hill: 2.4 mi
  • Johnson Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Cemetery Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Cupid's Knoll: 4.5 mi
Parks
  • Southgate Park: 4.3 mi
  • Buena Vista County Park: 4.4 mi
  • Cherry Lane Park: 4.4 mi
  • Madrona Park: 4.5 mi
  • Main Street Park: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Artworks: 31
Museums: 24
Gardens: 20
  • Inspriation Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Dallas Japanese Garden: 10.9 mi
  • Calvin Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 13.6 mi
  • HP Organic Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Rhododendron Hillside: 14.0 mi
Historic sites: 14
  • Chinook Salmon: 14.4 mi
  • 1245 Mill Street Section Houses: 14.7 mi
  • E. M. Waite Memorial Fountain: 14.8 mi
  • Oregon World War II Memorial: 14.8 mi
  • Moon Tree: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Attractions: 5
  • Blue Car Wreck: 12.0 mi
  • Telephone of the Wind: 14.1 mi
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 14.5 mi
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 15.0 mi
  • Steam Sawmill: 22.6 mi
Picnic sites: 4
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 15.7 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 22.6 mi
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 22.6 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 22.7 mi
Springs: 2
  • Sulfer Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Solstice Spring: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Sarah Helmick State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laurel MountainWNW 301°1,094 m19.2 mi
Riley PeakWNW 292°1,004 m19.6 mi
Bald MountainW 274°980 m15.1 mi
Little Grass MountainW 260°810 m17.4 mi
McCulloch PeakSSW 208°664 m11.9 mi
Mount SykesWNW 290°614 m13.5 mi
Reception PeakSW 215°594 m11.6 mi
Mount BrownWNW 302°591 m14.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:4719:26
June solstice05:2820:1821:03
September equinox07:0118:3419:12
December solstice07:4815:4716:36

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347505661686863544540
Precip in6.54.84.93.32.31.30.30.41.53.56.57.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis State Univ, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Henderson's shooting star27 obs
  • stream violet26 obs
  • fringe cups22 obs
  • Solomon's plume19 obs
  • Salmonberry18 obs
  • bigleaf maple15 obs
  • Nuttall's toothwort13 obs
  • Osoberry12 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/469864295

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