Spencer Butte Park
Spencer Butte Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 610 m. Bear Mountain stands 1,116 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Spencer Butte, a peak 0.4 miles away. Cottage Grove Covered Bridge passes 13 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 610 m
How to reach it
- 12.8 mi off the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge
- 27.6 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
Named places within 25 miles
- Spencer Butte: 0.4 mi
- Mount Baldy: 1.8 mi
- Baker Hill: 2.7 mi
- Wild Iris Ridge Summit: 3.5 mi
- Moon Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Hult City Park: 1.0 mi
- Frank Kinney Park: 1.1 mi
- Edgewood Pool & Community Center: 1.2 mi
- Edgewood City Park: 1.3 mi
- Shadow Wood Park: 1.6 mi
- Abandoned Car: 1.3 mi
- Nicolas Cage: 2.7 mi
- 26th and Olive Street Intersection Mural: 2.8 mi
- Path Weg II: 3.9 mi
- Prometheus: 3.9 mi
- Erin Noble Headwaters Park: 0.8 mi
- Amazon Headwaters Park: 1.1 mi
- South Eugene Meadows: 1.7 mi
- Mt. Baldy Park: 1.7 mi
- Suzanne Arlie Park: 2.5 mi
- Amazon Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Fox Hollow Creek Nursery: 2.7 mi
- Learning Garden: 3.1 mi
- Common Ground Garden: 3.4 mi
- Columbia Street Garden: 3.7 mi
- Marcellus Tryk: 3.6 mi
- GAR Memorial Plot: 3.7 mi
- Soldier’s Memorial: 3.7 mi
- David Minor: 3.9 mi
- Rosa Parks: 4.1 mi
- Cascades Raptor Center: 0.8 mi
- Lane County Historical Museum: 3.9 mi
- Museum of Natural and Cultural History: 3.9 mi
- Eugene Science Center: 4.8 mi
- Springfield History Museum: 5.4 mi
- Nicolas Cage balcony: 2.7 mi
- Mim's House: 4.6 mi
- Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 4.8 mi
- Living History Village: 4.9 mi
- Elijah Bristow Monument: 8.1 mi
- Spliff Cliff: 4.2 mi
- Franklin Perch: 4.2 mi
- Climbing Columns: 4.8 mi
- Lenon Hill: 12.1 mi
- Peterson Point: 22.7 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Southbound: 10.2 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Northbound: 10.3 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Southbound: 17.2 mi
- Oak Grove Rest Area Northbound: 17.2 mi
- Chicken Shack: 8.8 mi
- Signal Point Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Brice Creek Falls: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Spencer Butte Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Mountain | SE 135° | 1,116 m | 14.3 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNE 20° | 961.6 m | 15.4 mi |
| Mount Tom | NNE 19° | 954 m | 16.4 mi |
| Round Mountain | NNE 28° | 852.2 m | 18.4 mi |
| Prune Hill | SE 142° | 809 m | 12.6 mi |
| Mount Zion | ESE 115° | 797 m | 17.0 mi |
| Hells Hill | NE 52° | 746 m | 17.8 mi |
| Cougar Mountain | SE 145° | 732 m | 10.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:47 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:30 | 20:15 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:33 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
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 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 1.4 | 3.2 | 6.0 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Eugene-mahlon Sweet FLD, 12 mi away.
- White Inside-out Flower177 obs
- Pacific trillium174 obs
- western sword fern168 obs
- giant white fawn lily155 obs
- Douglas's Ground Squirrel143 obs
- Oregon iris141 obs
- Pacific Banana Slug134 obs
- fringe cups130 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/124947203
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