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Shute Park

Shute Park from directly overhead

Shute Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is For Everyone, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 4.1 miles off. 57 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.51357, -122.97482
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Nature reserves
Parks
Gardens
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Life Community Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions: 60
Historic sites
Peaks: 57
  • Spring Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Fern Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Cooper Mountain: 6.8 mi
  • Mount Williams: 7.0 mi
  • Iowa Hill: 7.1 mi
Museums: 48
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 6.4 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.0 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 14.4 mi
  • Shelter A: 15.0 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Jackson Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Lee Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 16.6 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 16.9 mi
  • North Beach: 16.9 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 17.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Waud Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 15.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 20.1 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 20.1 mi
Springs: 4
  • Normandin Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Fern Spring: 14.0 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 277°1,048 m19.5 mi
Larch MountainWNW 295°1,044 m24.1 mi
Hembre RidgeW 271°1,039.4 m24.5 mi
Woods PointW 280°940 m22.7 mi
Round TopWNW 301°909 m21.9 mi
Windy PointW 265°880 m21.3 mi
Long MountainNNW 341°689 m20.0 mi
Green MountainNNW 334°676 m17.7 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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific chorus frog208 obs
  • Tree Swallow137 obs
  • Song Sparrow115 obs
  • American Robin102 obs
  • Spotted Towhee97 obs
  • Great Egret89 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird81 obs
  • Coypu79 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/27145014

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