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Butternut Park

Butternut Park from directly overhead

Butternut Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Bill Love Memorial Flagpole, a historic site 0.2 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 4.0 miles off. 60 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
Getting there

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Coordinates45.48362, -122.87373
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
Peaks: 60
Attractions
Museums: 52
Picnic sites: 19
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 6.5 mi
  • Picnic Shelter: 8.4 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 9.4 mi
  • Shelter A: 11.3 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 11.6 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 15.3 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 15.4 mi
Beaches: 13
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 9.9 mi
  • North Beach: 13.7 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Lieser Point: 16.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 9.3 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 10.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.6 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 10.8 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 18.3 mi
  • School District Spring: 24.2 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 281°1,048 m24.7 mi
Long MountainNNW 332°689 m23.9 mi
Green MountainNW 325°676 m22.0 mi
Buck MountainNNW 340°649 m21.7 mi
Tuttle PointW 273°623 m22.4 mi
Tater HillNNW 339°618 m23.3 mi
Hoffman HillNW 323°614 m23.9 mi
Rye HillNNW 337°566 m19.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:4915:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454750546063696964564944
Precip in5.54.34.13.02.21.70.50.51.43.95.96.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific trillium94 obs
  • American Crow77 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug74 obs
  • American Robin66 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco65 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel64 obs
  • salal63 obs
  • White Inside-out Flower62 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/130807820

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