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Shadow Creek Wetlands Natural Area

Shadow Creek Wetlands Natural Area from directly overhead

Shadow Creek Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Buck Mountain stands 649 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shaughnessey Wetlands Natural Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.1 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.45193, -122.82952

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Steeplechase Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wildhorse Park: 0.4 mi
  • Wildwood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Buckskin Park: 0.6 mi
  • Hiteon Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Andrew Keller Memorial Circle: 1.9 mi
  • Learning Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Resistant Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Herb Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Rose Pergola: 3.0 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Peaks: 57
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 19
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 6.3 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 6.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 10.8 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 10.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.6 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 12.3 mi
  • Singer Falls: 12.6 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Poet's Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.4 mi
  • North Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.5 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 6
  • Oliver Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 20.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.1 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck MountainNNW 338°649 m24.5 mi
Tuttle PointW 278°623 m24.7 mi
Rye HillNNW 334°566 m22.2 mi
Gales PeakWNW 288°548 m19.5 mi
Bald MountainNW 322°539 m23.0 mi
Wildcat MountainNW 306°538 m24.7 mi
Bald PeakWSW 251°497 m11.7 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 345°490 m17.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448525862686864544641

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaverton 2 SSW, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/149476841

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