Lowell State Recreation Site
Lowell State Recreation Site is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 218 m. Saddleblanket Mountain stands 1,519 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Paul Fisher Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Cottage Grove Covered Bridge passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 218 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 11.4 mi off the Cottage Grove Covered Bridge
- 18.6 mi off the West Cascades, National
- 29.6 mi off the Over the Rivers and Through the Woods
Named places within 25 miles
- Paul Fisher Park: 0.7 mi
- Rolling Rock Park: 0.7 mi
- Dexter State Recreation Site: 0.7 mi
- Orchard Park: 1.1 mi
- Fall Creek Park: 1.9 mi
- Butte Disappointment: 1.7 mi
- Parvin Butte: 2.0 mi
- Williams Butte: 2.4 mi
- Mount Zion: 2.7 mi
- Pengra Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Mt. Pisgah Sighting Pedestal: 10.2 mi
- Dino Statue 1: 11.0 mi
- Dino Statue 2: 11.0 mi
- Dinosaur Statues: 11.0 mi
- Dino Statue 3: 11.0 mi
- Thurston Hills Natural Area: 9.2 mi
- Vickery County Park: 10.9 mi
- Georgia Pacific Natural Area: 11.7 mi
- Weyerhaeuser McKenzie Natural Area: 13.0 mi
- Suzanne Arlie Park: 13.4 mi
- Patricia Baker Wildflower Garden: 10.9 mi
- Learning Garden: 13.4 mi
- Laurel Valley Educational Farm: 14.8 mi
- Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden: 15.3 mi
- Grove Community Garden: 15.7 mi
- Thurston High School shooting memorial: 10.8 mi
- Veteran's Memorial: 11.2 mi
- In Memory Of American Veterans: 12.3 mi
- Springfield Veterans' Memorial Plaza: 13.8 mi
- Vietnam War: 13.8 mi
- Creswell Historical Museum: 11.4 mi
- Springfield History Museum: 14.0 mi
- Oregon Aviation Historical Society & Museum: 14.7 mi
- Cascades Raptor Center: 14.8 mi
- Bohemia Gold Mining Museum: 15.7 mi
- Lowell Covered Bridge: 1.2 mi
- Elijah Bristow Monument: 7.6 mi
- Living History Village: 13.4 mi
- Masterson Pioneer Cabin: 13.5 mi
- Nicolas Cage balcony: 16.4 mi
- Signal Point Day Use Area: 6.0 mi
- Chicken Shack: 11.1 mi
- Hampton Boating Site: 12.6 mi
- Salmon Creeek Falls Day Use Area: 23.7 mi
- Cline-Clark Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- Spirit Falls: 15.2 mi
- Brice Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
- Moon Falls: 15.8 mi
- Upper Trestle Creek Falls: 20.0 mi
- Salmon Creek Falls: 23.7 mi
- Spliff Cliff: 15.4 mi
- Franklin Perch: 15.4 mi
- Climbing Columns: 17.7 mi
- Lenon Hill: 20.9 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Southbound: 12.2 mi
- Gettings Creek Rest Area Northbound: 12.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.8 miles of Lowell State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saddleblanket Mountain | E 98° | 1,519 m | 14.3 mi |
| Sourgrass Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,458 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mount June | SSE 158° | 1,407.6 m | 9.7 mi |
| Patterson Mountain | SE 142° | 1,368 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tire Mountain | ESE 114° | 1,320 m | 14.7 mi |
| Hardesty Mountain | SE 143° | 1,300.3 m | 10.6 mi |
| Sawtooth Rock | SSE 151° | 1,247.8 m | 10.0 mi |
| Goat Point | NE 46° | 1,156 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:46 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:29 | 20:14 | 20:58 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 15:50 | 16:37 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 56 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 3.6 | 6.4 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lookout PT DAM, 2 mi away.
- California poppy19 obs
- Rough-skinned Newt13 obs
- Mule Deer13 obs
- Bald Eagle9 obs
- Pacific poison oak9 obs
- Lawn daisy9 obs
- broad-leaved sweet pea9 obs
- Western Pearlshell9 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 siteOpenStreetMap element way/688522312
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