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Swoyer Property

Swoyer Property from directly overhead

Swoyer Property is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Cherry Lane Trailhead, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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City of Hillsboro
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.52985, -122.89525
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 51
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 5.1 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 9.2 mi
  • Shelter A: 11.0 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 12.5 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 12.8 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 13.1 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 16.8 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.6 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 11.0 mi
  • North Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Waud Bluff: 8.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.1 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.6 mi
  • School District Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 273°1,048 m23.2 mi
Long MountainNNW 330°689 m20.6 mi
Green MountainNW 322°676 m18.8 mi
Buck MountainNNW 340°649 m18.3 mi
Bunker HillNNW 344°634 m23.7 mi
Tuttle PointW 264°623 m21.5 mi
Tater HillNNW 338°618 m20.0 mi
Hoffman HillNW 320°614 m20.7 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 solstice07:5015:4216:31

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/159737297

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