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Bethany Lake Park

Bethany Lake Park from directly overhead

Bethany Lake Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. Long Mountain stands 689 m to the northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Holcomb Creek, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.55719, -122.87384
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Rock Creek North Soccer Fields: 0.5 mi
  • Rock Creek Park: 0.7 mi
  • North Bethany Greenway: 0.8 mi
  • Somerset West Swim Center/Park: 0.9 mi
  • Northwest Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Mount Williams: 6.0 mi
  • Cornell Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Swede Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Elk Point: 6.7 mi
  • Sexton Mountain: 7.2 mi
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 26
  • Picnic Shelter: 3.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 9.7 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 10.6 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 10.7 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 11.3 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 12.7 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Bonnie Falls: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 8.4 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 10.4 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 11.2 mi
  • North Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 7.1 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 13.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 14.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.0 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 5
  • Fern Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 15.9 mi
  • School District Spring: 22.3 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 23.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Bethany Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Long MountainNW 325°689 m19.6 mi
Green MountainNW 316°676 m18.1 mi
Buck MountainNNW 335°649 m17.0 mi
Bunker HillNNW 340°634 m22.3 mi
Tuttle PointW 260°623 m22.7 mi
Tater HillNNW 333°618 m18.7 mi
Hoffman HillNW 314°614 m20.0 mi
Rye HillNNW 329°566 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Dark-eyed Junco293 obs
  • Mallard263 obs
  • House Finch147 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird141 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird137 obs
  • American Robin136 obs
  • American Crow134 obs
  • Oregon grape125 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/130502826

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