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French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound

French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound from directly overhead

French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound is a rest area in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. High Hill stands 568 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 7.6 miles off. 46 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates45.27097, -122.77531

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Boones Ferry Park: 1.6 mi
  • Sue Guyton Tree Grove: 1.8 mi
  • Water Treatment Plant Park: 1.8 mi
  • Charbonneau Country Club: 1.8 mi
  • River Fox Neighborhood Park: 2.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums: 60
Attractions: 59
Peaks: 46
  • La Butte: 3.9 mi
  • Pleasant Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Parrett Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Grouse Butte: 7.1 mi
  • Cooks Butte: 9.3 mi
Picnic sites: 20
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 1: 1.8 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 2: 2.0 mi
  • Memorial Park Picnic Area 3: 2.0 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 8.0 mi
  • Willamette Falls Heritage Foundation: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 9
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Singer Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Tumble Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 15.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Phantom Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 17.5 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 20.8 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 21.7 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 21.8 mi
Beaches: 6
  • San Salvador Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 17.1 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 19.9 mi
  • North Beach: 23.8 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 24.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 3
  • Giesy Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 9.7 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High HillSSE 150°568 m20.3 mi
Bald PeakWNW 302°497 m16.1 mi
Highland ButteE 98°470 m16.3 mi
Silverton HillsSSE 168°461 m22.9 mi
Cornell MountainN 3°392 m17.7 mi
Parrett MountainWNW 297°381 m6.0 mi
East Bliss ButteNE 51°344 m20.2 mi
Iowa HillNW 309°342 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1821:03
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4316:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424447515763696964544641
Precip in6.14.24.93.32.41.60.50.51.74.36.26.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — N Willamette EXP STN, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/484162085

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