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Tenax Woods Natural Area

Tenax Woods Natural Area from directly overhead

Tenax Woods Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 149 m. Tuttle Point stands 623 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmony Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 0.7 miles off. 54 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

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Coordinates45.43549, -122.84572

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harmony Park: 0.4 mi
  • South Cooper Mountain Heights Park: 0.5 mi
  • Mountainside Heights Park: 0.5 mi
  • Progress Lake Park: 0.7 mi
  • Murrayhill Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Andrew Keller Memorial Circle: 0.6 mi
  • Learning Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Deer Resistant Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Herb Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Rose Pergola: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks: 54
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 5.1 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 6.1 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 10.4 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 10.5 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.6 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 12.4 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Singer Falls: 12.8 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Poet's Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 10.8 mi
  • North Beach: 15.0 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.5 mi
  • San Salvador Beach: 17.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 7.4 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 10.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.8 mi
Springs: 6
  • Oliver Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 14.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 20.2 mi
  • Fern Spring: 21.6 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 23.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tuttle PointW 280°623 m24.1 mi
Rye HillNNW 337°566 m22.9 mi
Gales PeakWNW 292°548 m19.1 mi
Bald MountainNW 325°539 m23.4 mi
Wildcat MountainNW 309°538 m24.8 mi
Bald PeakWSW 255°497 m10.6 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 348°490 m18.6 mi
Red Slide HillNNW 327°473 m22.3 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 solstice07:4915:4216:32

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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/149467003

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