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Fort Hoskins Historic Park

Fort Hoskins Historic Park from directly overhead

Fort Hoskins Historic Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 145 m. Marys Peak stands 1,249 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bonner Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Silver Falls passes 25 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Benton County

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates44.67557, -123.46373

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bonner Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Burgett Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Hayes Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Goat Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Grant Hill: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Ellmaker State Wayside: 9.3 mi
  • Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Park: 9.6 mi
  • Flossie Overman Discovery Park: 10.1 mi
  • Chepenafa Springs Park: 10.2 mi
  • Pioneer Park: 10.3 mi
Gardens: 11
  • Pioneer Park Rock Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Calvin Presbyterian Church Community Garden: 11.5 mi
  • Organic Growers Club Vegetable Garden: 11.7 mi
  • Westside Community Garden: 11.8 mi
  • Dunawi Creek Community Garden: 11.8 mi
Artworks: 10
  • Statue of Leonidas: 11.8 mi
  • Football Statue: 12.0 mi
  • Dancer: 12.4 mi
  • Squirrel: 12.4 mi
  • Clever Disguise: 12.4 mi
Museums: 8
  • Benton County Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Corvallis Museum: 12.7 mi
  • Taylor's Vintage Car Collection: 13.2 mi
  • Albany Regional Museum: 17.8 mi
  • Independence Heritage Museum: 18.3 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 3
  • Sulfer Springs: 7.7 mi
  • Solstice Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Hull Spring: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Green Peak Falls: 23.5 mi
  • Alsea Falls: 24.2 mi
  • Waters of Mormon: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 12.4 mi
Historic sites: 1
  • Valsetz: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 1
  • Telephone of the Wind: 17.8 mi
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Fort Hoskins Historic Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Marys PeakSSW 200°1,248.8 m12.6 mi
Laurel MountainNNW 343°1,094 m17.9 mi
Sugarloaf MountainNW 326°1,051.56 m18.6 mi
Fanno PeakNNW 327°1,015.898 m16.0 mi
Riley PeakNNW 334°1,004 m16.3 mi
Old Blue MountainSSW 198°1,003 m15.8 mi
Bald MountainNNW 335°980 m9.3 mi
Alsea MountainSSW 192°928 m13.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:4819:26
June solstice05:2920:1921:04
September equinox07:0218:3519:13
December solstice07:4915:4816:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F394144485458656661534439
Precip in13.89.69.36.72.91.70.40.42.16.311.516.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Falls City 2 SSW, 11 mi away.

  • Green Alkanet11 obs
  • Oregon iris8 obs
  • Fairy-slipper7 obs
  • Johnson's Jumping Spider7 obs
  • Zebra Jumping Spider6 obs
  • Tolmie's pussy ears4 obs
  • purple foxglove4 obs
  • Northern Rubber Boa4 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/145644159

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