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Orenco Woods Nature Park

Orenco Woods Nature Park from directly overhead

Orenco Woods Nature Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Seeds of Orenco, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Hillsboro

How to reach it

Coordinates45.52617, -122.90364

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions: 60
Parks
Gardens
Peaks
Museums: 48
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 5.2 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.9 mi
  • Shelter A: 11.5 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 12.5 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 13.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 13.4 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 17.2 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 11.3 mi
  • North Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 13.4 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Waud Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 12.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.6 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Springs: 5
  • Oliver Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.5 mi
  • School District Spring: 24.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.9 miles of Orenco Woods Nature Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 274°1,048 m22.9 mi
Long MountainNNW 331°689 m20.6 mi
Green MountainNW 323°676 m18.8 mi
Buck MountainNNW 342°649 m18.4 mi
Bunker HillNNW 345°634 m23.9 mi
Tuttle PointW 265°623 m21.0 mi
Tater HillNNW 339°618 m20.0 mi
Hoffman HillNW 321°614 m20.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:31

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, 3 mi away.

  • Mallard249 obs
  • Wood Duck180 obs
  • Cackling Goose170 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco161 obs
  • American Robin154 obs
  • American Crow126 obs
  • Canada Goose116 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird115 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/486631877

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