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Yaquina Head Marine Garden

Yaquina Head Marine Garden from directly overhead

Yaquina Head Marine Garden is a nature reserve in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Big Tip stands 863 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Salal Hill, a peak 0.1 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 0.7 miles off. 51 named summits stand within 25 miles.

No take of shellfish and other invertebrates except single mussels may be taken for bait. No take of marine plants except by a scientific research permit.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.67580, -124.07629

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Big Creek Park: 2.1 mi
  • Frank V. Wade Memorial Park: 2.4 mi
  • Don & Ann Davis Park: 2.8 mi
  • Literacy Park: 2.8 mi
  • Coast Park: 2.9 mi
Peaks: 51
  • Salal Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Iron Mountain: 1.6 mi
  • Safe Haven Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Buford Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Rocky Top: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves: 16
Artworks: 13
  • Whale Skeleton: 2.8 mi
  • Shipwreck: 2.9 mi
  • Orcas: 3.4 mi
  • Whales: 3.4 mi
  • Coast Guard Helicopter: 3.5 mi
Attractions: 11
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not!: 3.3 mi
  • Abbey Street Pier: 3.4 mi
  • Baystreet Pier: 3.6 mi
  • The Aviary: 4.3 mi
  • Whale Watching Center: 9.3 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Yellow Submarine: 4.0 mi
  • The Courage to Succeed: 9.3 mi
  • Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 9.5 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial Highway: 20.4 mi
Museums: 6
  • Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 3.3 mi
  • Education Wing: 4.0 mi
  • Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum: 7.8 mi
  • Toledo Centennial History Center: 7.8 mi
  • Whale Research EcoExcursions: 9.2 mi
Gardens: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Moolack Beach: 1.7 mi
  • Beverly Beach: 3.7 mi
  • South Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Holly Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Sand Point Beach: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Lighthouses: 1
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Yaquina Head Marine Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Big TipNE 55°863 m20.3 mi
Green MountainENE 74°860 m22.2 mi
Table MountainSE 139°857.707 m18.2 mi
Rocky PointNE 34°853.4 m25.0 mi
Little Grass MountainE 79°810 m24.5 mi
Euchre MountainNE 42°747.37 m14.9 mi
Diamond PeakENE 63°740 m18.2 mi
Lone Spring MountainSE 126°682 m23.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5019:29
June solstice05:3220:2121:06
September equinox07:0418:3719:15
December solstice07:5115:5116:39

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484748495356585957555047

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 3N, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1461434591

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