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Tickle Creek Park

Tickle Creek Park from directly overhead

Tickle Creek Park is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 230 m. Tumala Mountain stands 1,432 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandy Bluff Dog Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Mount Hood passes 0.9 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Sandy
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.39837, -122.28902

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sandy Bluff Dog Park: 0.8 mi
  • Sandy Bluff Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tupper Park: 1.2 mi
  • Cedar Park: 1.4 mi
  • Bornstedt Park: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Aemisegger Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Zion Hill: 5.8 mi
  • Lenhart Butte: 6.8 mi
  • Sunshine Butte: 7.8 mi
  • Cemetery Hill: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 9.7 mi
  • Devoted Passion: 10.6 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 12.2 mi
  • Quaytskin: 13.0 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls
Attractions: 49
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 3.4 mi
  • Jerry's Car Barn: 3.9 mi
  • Clackamas Hatchery Visitor Center: 7.9 mi
  • Clackamas Hatchery: 7.9 mi
  • Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 10.3 mi
Museums: 43
Picnic sites: 17
  • Wahkeena Picnic Site: 14.5 mi
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 16.1 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 16.7 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 16.9 mi
  • Ainsworth Day Use Area: 17.4 mi
Cliffs: 15
  • Madrone Wall: 8.2 mi
  • Broughton Bluff: 10.7 mi
  • Ozone Wall: 12.2 mi
  • Farside: 12.5 mi
  • Cape Horn: 12.7 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Sandy River Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Swim beach: 13.4 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 13.7 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 20.0 mi
Springs: 8
  • spring w/concrete cover: 10.8 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 14.2 mi
  • School District Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Tanner Spring: 21.6 mi
  • Big Cedar Spring: 21.7 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Tickle Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tumala MountainSE 134°1,432 m16.7 mi
Wildcat MountainESE 121°1,365 m14.0 mi
Githens MountainSE 133°1,363 m14.9 mi
Sheepshead RockSE 127°1,359 m17.4 mi
Huckleberry MountainESE 115°1,307 m15.3 mi
Old BaldySE 131°1,274 m13.2 mi
North MountainE 90°1,229 m16.3 mi
Big Bend MountainENE 70°1,224 m17.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4319:22
June solstice05:2220:1621:02
September equinox06:5718:2919:08
December solstice07:4715:4016:29

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404245495559656661534439
Precip in10.37.98.57.35.74.00.91.23.47.410.611.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Headworks Portland WTR B, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/144180884

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