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Victoria Woods Natural Area

Victoria Woods Natural Area from directly overhead

Victoria Woods Natural Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Gales Peak stands 548 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Basalt Creek Canyon, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.2 miles off. 50 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Tualatin

How to reach it

Coordinates45.35442, -122.78070

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ibach Park: 0.6 mi
  • Lafky Park: 1.0 mi
  • Saarinen Wayside Park: 1.4 mi
  • Atfalati Park: 2.2 mi
  • Tualatin Commons Park: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks: 50
  • Pleasant Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Cooks Butte: 4.8 mi
  • Bull Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Parrett Mountain: 5.9 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 22
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 2.8 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 4.1 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 4.1 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 4.2 mi
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Willamette Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Singer Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Phantom Bluff: 5.4 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 15.1 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 15.9 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 17.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 17.1 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Poet's Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 14.3 mi
  • San Salvador Beach: 15.1 mi
  • North Beach: 18.4 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 3
  • Oliver Spring: 8.4 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 8.8 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 18.4 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gales PeakWNW 301°548 m24.5 mi
Bald PeakWNW 282°497 m13.7 mi
Dixie MountainNNW 344°490 m24.8 mi
Highland ButteESE 116°470 m18.3 mi
Cornell MountainN 6°392 m12.0 mi
Parrett MountainWSW 239°381 m5.9 mi
Mount RichmondWNW 283°380 m22.9 mi
East Bliss ButteENE 66°344 m17.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447515763696964544641
Precip in6.14.24.93.32.41.60.50.51.74.36.26.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Willamette EXP STN, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/144047244

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