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Steele Wetlands Natural Area

Steele Wetlands Natural Area from directly overhead

Steele Wetlands Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 65 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Betty Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 5.0 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates45.51453, -122.85180

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Betty Park: 0.3 mi
  • Arbor Station Park: 0.4 mi
  • TVWD Athletic Fields- Merlo: 0.5 mi
  • Recuerdo Park: 0.5 mi
  • Waterhouse Linear Park: 0.6 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 6.9 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 9.4 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 10.5 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 10.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.8 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 8.8 mi
  • North Beach: 11.6 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Lieser Point: 14.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 10.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 13.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 17.6 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 20.2 mi
  • School District Spring: 22.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Steele Wetlands Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNNW 327°689 m22.6 mi
Green MountainNW 319°676 m20.9 mi
Buck MountainNNW 336°649 m20.1 mi
Tuttle PointW 267°623 m23.5 mi
Tater HillNNW 334°618 m21.8 mi
Hoffman HillNW 318°614 m22.9 mi
Rye HillNNW 331°566 m17.9 mi
Gales PeakW 275°548 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:05
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 °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/163040329

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