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Seal Rock State Recreation Site

Seal Rock State Recreation Site from directly overhead

Seal Rock State Recreation Site is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 0 m. Grass Mountain stands 1,086 m to the east-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Elephant Rock, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 43 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
0 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.49611, -124.08496

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Seal Rock Wayside: 0.9 mi
  • Brian Booth State Park: 1.9 mi
  • Beaver Creek State Natural Area: 2.1 mi
  • Driftwood Beach State Recreation Site: 2.3 mi
  • L Presley & Vera C Gill State Natural Site: 2.8 mi
Peaks: 43
  • Elephant Rock: 0.0 mi
  • Mount Eckman: 7.2 mi
  • Butler Peak: 8.1 mi
  • Safe Haven Hill: 8.5 mi
  • Craigie Point: 8.7 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Beaches: 10
  • Holly Beach: 1.9 mi
  • South Beach: 5.0 mi
  • Moolack Beach: 14.1 mi
  • Neptune Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Beverly Beach: 16.1 mi
Attractions: 10
  • Big Stump: 6.9 mi
  • The Aviary: 8.5 mi
  • Baystreet Pier: 9.1 mi
  • Abbey Street Pier: 9.3 mi
  • Ripley's Believe It or Not!: 9.5 mi
Artworks: 9
  • CG 36503: 9.1 mi
  • Pilgrim: 9.1 mi
  • Salmon Nation: 9.1 mi
  • Coast Guard Helicopter: 9.2 mi
  • Whales: 9.3 mi
Museums: 6
  • Education Wing: 8.9 mi
  • Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 9.6 mi
  • Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum: 11.2 mi
  • Toledo Centennial History Center: 11.3 mi
  • Little Log Church & Museum: 12.8 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Seashore Joy Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Silver Surf Memorial Garden: 11.0 mi
  • Gerdemann Botanic Preserve: 11.8 mi
  • Bent E. Petersen Memorial Garden: 12.4 mi
  • Yachats Community Garden: 12.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
  • Yellow Submarine: 9.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
  • The Courage to Succeed: 21.7 mi
  • Roy Bower and Jack Chambers Memorial: 21.9 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Seal Rock State Recreation Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grass MountainESE 104°1,086 m20.9 mi
Table MountainE 97°857.707 m12.3 mi
Cummins PeakSSE 166°755.6 m18.6 mi
Fairview MountainS 173°702.9 m20.6 mi
Klickitat MountainSSE 157°696 m19.7 mi
Saddle MountainSSE 165°689 m22.3 mi
Lone Spring MountainE 93°682 m19.4 mi
Little Euchre MountainNNE 25°624.23 m24.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:29
June solstice05:3220:2121:05
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5115:5216:40

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F454547495255585858544844
Precip in10.28.38.95.53.62.80.61.02.35.710.612.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Newport 1 SE, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-and-orange-tipped Nudibranch502 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star494 obs
  • Horned Nudibranch422 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone321 obs
  • White-lined Dirona275 obs
  • Monterey Dorid223 obs
  • White Dendronotus197 obs
  • Aggregating Anemone178 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/405043495

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