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Drake Park

Drake Park from directly overhead

Drake Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 1,101 m. Tumalo Mountain stands 2,370 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Horses and High Wheels, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Cascade Lakes passes 3.3 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bend Park & Recreation District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.05846, -121.31955

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dohema River Access: 0.2 mi
  • Pageant Park: 0.2 mi
  • Harmon Park: 0.2 mi
  • Brooks Park: 0.3 mi
  • Brandis Square: 0.3 mi
Peaks
  • Overturf Butte: 1.1 mi
  • Pilot Butte: 1.8 mi
  • Tumalo Butte: 3.6 mi
  • Sunset Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Laidlaw Butte: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 46
  • Horses and High Wheels: 0.1 mi
  • Man with Duck: 0.2 mi
  • Two Cities one Heart: 0.3 mi
  • Bueno Homage to the Buckaroo: 0.4 mi
  • Dancing for Flossie: 0.4 mi
Cliffs: 25
Waterfalls: 22
Nature reserves: 20
Springs: 15
  • Bull Spring: 7.3 mi
  • Cold Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Jack Pine Spring: 10.4 mi
  • Kiwa Springs: 11.1 mi
  • Farewell Spring: 13.0 mi
Attractions: 6
  • Bob the Bend Rock: 0.8 mi
  • 1904 Miller Family Ranch and Sawmill: 6.3 mi
  • Lava Lands Visitor Center: 10.4 mi
  • High Desert Activity Center: 13.9 mi
  • Redmond Caves Recreation Area: 14.9 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Frank T. Johns: 0.1 mi
  • Veteran's Memorial: 0.3 mi
  • Peace Statue: 0.5 mi
  • Terrence Hardington Foley: 1.8 mi
Gardens: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Meadow Day Use Area: 5.3 mi
  • Bivouac tables: 22.7 mi
  • Greenwood Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
  • Upper Lone Pine Day Use Area: 24.5 mi
Museums: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Paulina Hot Springs: 23.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Drake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Tumalo MountainWSW 257°2,370 m16.5 mi
Moon MountainW 269°2,275.332 m17.4 mi
Vista ButteWSW 252°2,017 m14.6 mi
Bearwallow ButteW 277°1,967 m11.6 mi
Triangle HillWNW 284°1,950 m11.3 mi
Kapka ButteWSW 248°1,877 m15.2 mi
Bosbosli ButteSSE 165°1,877 m16.1 mi
Mokst ButteS 173°1,869 m15.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4019:18
June solstice05:2320:0820:53
September equinox06:5318:2619:04
December solstice07:3815:4316:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343540445258666659483932
Precip in1.41.00.70.81.00.70.40.40.30.61.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bend, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mule Deer221 obs
  • Mallard143 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay133 obs
  • Canada Goose120 obs
  • wax currant111 obs
  • western juniper103 obs
  • Western Gray Squirrel96 obs
  • Rubber Rabbitbrush90 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/276799869

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