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Walnut Street Park

Walnut Street Park from directly overhead

Walnut Street 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 Hillsboro Arch, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.8 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Hillsboro

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.51766, -122.96515
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 60
Artworks
Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Life Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 56
  • Mount Williams: 6.7 mi
  • Cooper Mountain: 6.7 mi
  • Spring Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Fern Hill: 7.4 mi
  • Iowa Hill: 7.6 mi
Museums: 48
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 6.0 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.2 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 14.2 mi
  • Shelter A: 14.5 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Jackson Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Lee Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 16.2 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 14.3 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 16.4 mi
  • North Beach: 16.4 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Waud Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.6 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.6 mi
Springs: 4
  • Normandin Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 12.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 276°1,048 m19.9 mi
Larch MountainWNW 294°1,044 m24.4 mi
Woods PointW 279°940 m23.1 mi
Round TopWNW 300°909 m22.1 mi
Windy PointW 264°880 m21.8 mi
Long MountainNNW 340°689 m19.9 mi
Green MountainNNW 332°676 m17.7 mi
Buck MountainN 351°649 m18.3 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific chorus frog218 obs
  • Tree Swallow140 obs
  • Song Sparrow124 obs
  • American Robin121 obs
  • Mallard108 obs
  • Spotted Towhee100 obs
  • Great Egret90 obs
  • Great Blue Heron88 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/125432850

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