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Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, McLoughlin House Site

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, McLoughlin House Site from directly overhead

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, McLoughlin House Site is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Goat Mountain stands 1,282 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is McLoughlin House, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 12 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
National Park Service

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.35727, -122.60597

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Liberty Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • Ermatinger House: 0.1 mi
  • McLoughlin Promenade Park: 0.1 mi
  • Library Spraypark: 0.2 mi
  • Pioneer Community Center: 0.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 23
  • Singer Falls: 0.0 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 0.8 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 18
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 0.4 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 6.9 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 8.5 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 8.5 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Phantom Bluff: 5.7 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 7.6 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 13.6 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Poet's Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Swim beach: 15.6 mi
  • Sandy River Beach: 16.8 mi
  • North Beach: 17.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • spring w/concrete cover: 10.7 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 16.9 mi
  • School District Spring: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, McLoughlin House Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Goat MountainSE 136°1,282 m21.7 mi
Walker PeakENE 70°736 m24.4 mi
Bedford PointESE 114°714 m22.9 mi
Pepper MountainENE 61°655 m24.0 mi
Lenhart ButteE 91°638 m21.3 mi
High HillS 175°568 m23.5 mi
Bald PeakW 277°497 m22.0 mi
Highland ButteSE 136°470 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2320:1721:03
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4216:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434549536065717165564742
Precip in6.54.54.83.82.51.80.50.61.64.26.77.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oregon City, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • shortspur seablush305 obs
  • Oregon grape260 obs
  • small camas253 obs
  • Pacific madrone232 obs
  • Giant Blue-eyed Mary211 obs
  • Pacific trillium209 obs
  • giant white fawn lily184 obs
  • coastal manroot178 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/526601542

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