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Smelt Sands State Recreation Site

Smelt Sands State Recreation Site from directly overhead

Smelt Sands State Recreation Site is a park in Oregon, at a recorded elevation of 7 m. Grass Mountain stands 1,086 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bent E. Petersen Memorial Garden, a garden 0.3 miles away. Pacific Coast runs past it. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
7 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates44.32186, -124.10514

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 37
  • Green Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Blodgett Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Kerby Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Yachats Mountain: 4.8 mi
  • Gwynn Knoll: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves: 12
Artworks: 10
  • Amanda Statue: 2.1 mi
  • Steller Sea Lion Family: 13.9 mi
  • CG 36503: 21.2 mi
  • Pilgrim: 21.2 mi
  • Salmon Nation: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 10
  • Neptune Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Searose Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Stonefield Beach: 6.8 mi
  • Roosevelt Beach: 9.9 mi
  • Holly Beach: 10.2 mi
Attractions: 9
Museums: 7
  • Little Log Church & Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Education Wing: 20.9 mi
  • Pacific Maritime Heritage Center: 21.7 mi
  • Yaquina Pacific Railroad Museum: 22.2 mi
  • Toledo Centennial History Center: 22.3 mi
Gardens: 5
  • Bent E. Petersen Memorial Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Gerdemann Botanic Preserve: 0.4 mi
  • Yachats Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Silver Surf Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Seashore Joy Garden: 7.6 mi
Picnic sites: 3
Historic sites: 3
  • Cape Mountain Lookout: 15.6 mi
  • Yellow Submarine: 21.0 mi
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial: 21.9 mi
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 1
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grass MountainENE 72°1,086 m22.4 mi
Prairie PeakE 97°1,040 m24.7 mi
Table MountainNE 51°857.707 m17.0 mi
Cummins PeakSE 137°755.6 m8.1 mi
Fairview MountainSSE 157°702.9 m9.2 mi
Klickitat MountainSE 124°696 m10.7 mi
Saddle MountainSE 144°689 m11.7 mi
Lone Spring MountainENE 62°682 m23.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2018:5119:29
June solstice05:3320:2021:05
September equinox07:0418:3719:16
December solstice07:5015:5316:41

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484848505356585857555047
Precip in11.98.79.76.64.43.10.90.92.16.210.713.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Yachats, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sea Thrift266 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star155 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone149 obs
  • salal113 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab76 obs
  • Western Lily of the Valley75 obs
  • Black Oystercatcher72 obs
  • Henderson's angelica67 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/243814019

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