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Griffin Oaks Park

Griffin Oaks Park from directly overhead

Griffin Oaks Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Circle Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.3 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.

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What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates45.53982, -122.96545
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 3.3 mi
  • Education Garden: 5.4 mi
Attractions: 59
Peaks: 59
  • Mount Williams: 7.5 mi
  • Cooper Mountain: 7.8 mi
  • Spring Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Fern Hill: 8.1 mi
  • Iowa Hill: 8.7 mi
Museums: 49
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 4.6 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 9.7 mi
  • Shelter A: 14.2 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 14.5 mi
  • Heron Shelter: 14.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Jackson Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Lee Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.8 mi
  • Tina Bar: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Waud Bluff: 11.7 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 15.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.5 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.5 mi
Springs: 4
  • Normandin Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 23.3 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 272°1,048 m19.8 mi
Larch MountainWNW 290°1,044 m23.8 mi
Woods PointW 275°940 m22.9 mi
Round TopWNW 297°909 m21.4 mi
Windy PointW 260°880 m22.0 mi
Long MountainNNW 338°689 m18.5 mi
Green MountainNNW 330°676 m16.3 mi
Buck MountainN 350°649 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:25
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox07:0018:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard454 obs
  • Cackling Goose327 obs
  • American Wigeon297 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird230 obs
  • Wood Duck193 obs
  • Canada Goose148 obs
  • Bufflehead137 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck137 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/26228172

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