Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site
Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Laurel Mountain stands 1,094 m to the east, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Kernville, a ghost town 2.3 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 186 named places lie within 25 miles, 49 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
How to reach it
- On the Pacific Coast, National
Overlooks nearby
186 named places within 25 miles
- Kids Park: 2.9 mi
- Josephine Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
- Taft Waterfront Park: 3.6 mi
- Siletz Bay Park: 3.7 mi
- Schooner Creek Discovery Park: 3.9 mi
- Cannery Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Siletz Hill: 4.0 mi
- Ball Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Deadwood Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Prairie Hill: 7.7 mi
- Fogarty Creek Marine Conservation Area: 2.4 mi
- Pirate Cove Marine Research Area: 4.2 mi
- Spyglass Ridge Open Space: 4.5 mi
- Agnes Creek Open Space: 5.4 mi
- Seid Creek Open Space: 6.0 mi
- Mermaid: 3.7 mi
- Joe the Sea Lion: 4.5 mi
- Freenotes Harmony Park: 6.6 mi
- Sparky the Wish Guardian: 7.1 mi
- Surfing Sasquatch: 7.3 mi
- The Boiler: 3.3 mi
- Spouting Horn: 4.6 mi
- Whale Watching Center: 4.7 mi
- Nelscott Reef: 5.7 mi
- Lincoln City Cultural Center: 6.6 mi
- Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 4.6 mi
- The Courage to Succeed: 4.7 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 6.4 mi
- The Morgan Family STage: 7.0 mi
- Sparky the Wish Guardian: 7.1 mi
- North Lincoln County Historical Museum: 3.8 mi
- Whale Research EcoExcursions: 4.8 mi
- Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 16.8 mi
- Education Wing: 17.6 mi
- Toledo Centennial History Center: 18.2 mi
- Sand Point Beach: 8.1 mi
- Beverly Beach: 10.2 mi
- Moolack Beach: 12.3 mi
- Neskowin Beach: 15.8 mi
- Kiwanda Beach: 18.3 mi
- Oceanlake Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Connie Hansen Garden Conservancy: 8.0 mi
- Devil's Punchbowl: 9.0 mi
- Drift Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 10.6 mi
- H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside: 15.8 mi
- Yaquina Bay Light: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gleneden Beach State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laurel Mountain | E 82° | 1,094 m | 22.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf Mountain | E 85° | 1,051.56 m | 17.8 mi |
| Saddle Bag Mountain | ENE 58° | 1,032 m | 15.0 mi |
| Fanno Peak | E 91° | 1,015.898 m | 19.3 mi |
| Riley Peak | E 88° | 1,004 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bald Mountain | ESE 103° | 980 m | 24.8 mi |
| Condenser Peak | ENE 73° | 932 m | 21.7 mi |
| Big Tip | E 99° | 863 m | 15.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:50 | 19:29 |
| June solstice | 05:31 | 20:22 | 21:07 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:37 | 19:15 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 15:50 | 16:38 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 43 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 62 | 60 | 53 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 14.6 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 8.2 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 8.5 | 14.1 | 15.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Otis 2 NE, 12 mi away.
- salal45 obs
- Western Lily of the Valley32 obs
- twinberry honeysuckle29 obs
- fireweed23 obs
- Pacific Banana Slug22 obs
- western skunk cabbage20 obs
- purple foxglove19 obs
- Ochre Sea Star18 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/439194915
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