Whale Cove Marine Conservation Area
Whale Cove Marine Conservation Area is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of -1 m. Sugarloaf Mountain stands 1,052 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cape Foulweather Complex Marine Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.
No take of marine plants, fish, shellfish, and other invertebrates below the extreme high tide east of a line drawn across mouth of the cove.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
- On the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
Named places within 25 miles
- Depoe Bay City Park: 1.4 mi
- Strome Park: 5.1 mi
- Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site: 6.2 mi
- Ojalla Park: 7.8 mi
- A.W. Jack Morgan Park Day Use Area: 8.1 mi
- Siletz Hill: 3.3 mi
- Rocky Top: 4.1 mi
- Iron Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Cannery Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Salal Hill: 7.8 mi
- Mermaid: 10.0 mi
- Whale Skeleton: 10.5 mi
- Shipwreck: 10.6 mi
- Joe the Sea Lion: 10.8 mi
- Orcas: 11.1 mi
- Whale Watching Center: 1.5 mi
- Spouting Horn: 1.7 mi
- The Boiler: 3.0 mi
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!: 10.9 mi
- Abbey Street Pier: 11.1 mi
- The Courage to Succeed: 1.5 mi
- Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 10.5 mi
- Yellow Submarine: 11.5 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 12.6 mi
- Beverly Beach: 4.2 mi
- Moolack Beach: 6.2 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 14.3 mi
- South Beach: 15.3 mi
- Neskowin Beach: 22.0 mi
- Whale Research EcoExcursions: 1.4 mi
- North Lincoln County Historical Museum: 10.0 mi
- Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 10.8 mi
- Education Wing: 11.6 mi
- Toledo Centennial History Center: 13.2 mi
- Oceanlake Community Garden: 13.5 mi
- Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy: 14.2 mi
- Seashore Joy Garden: 25.0 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 2.9 mi
- Cape Horn: 22.6 mi
- Yaquina Bay Light: 11.4 mi
- Drift Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 16.8 mi
- H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whale Cove Marine Conservation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf Mountain | ENE 68° | 1,051.56 m | 20.8 mi |
| Saddle Bag Mountain | NE 45° | 1,032 m | 20.0 mi |
| Fanno Peak | ENE 75° | 1,015.898 m | 21.6 mi |
| Riley Peak | ENE 73° | 1,004 m | 23.7 mi |
| Big Tip | ENE 77° | 863 m | 16.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | E 95° | 860 m | 21.2 mi |
| Table Mountain | SSE 152° | 857.707 m | 24.5 mi |
| Rocky Point | NE 47° | 853.4 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:21 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:50 | 16:39 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 59 | 57 | 55 | 50 | 47 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 3N, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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