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H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside

H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside from directly overhead

H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside is a rest area in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 118 m. Laurel Mountain stands 1,094 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Saddle Bag Mountain, a peak 3.6 miles away. Pacific Coast passes 6.9 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department

How to reach it

Coordinates45.03877, -123.80930

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Saddle Bag Mountain: 3.6 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 4.3 mi
  • Rocky Point: 4.5 mi
  • Cougar Mountain: 6.3 mi
  • Little Hebo: 7.9 mi
Parks: 60
  • Little Nestucca County Park: 7.8 mi
  • Knight County Park: 9.0 mi
  • Sand Point Park: 9.3 mi
  • Neskowin Beach State Recreation Site: 9.5 mi
  • Holmes Road Park: 9.7 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Historic sites: 12
Attractions: 8
  • Drift Creek Falls Bridge: 7.6 mi
  • Little Nestucca County Boat Launch: 10.4 mi
  • Lincoln City Cultural Center: 11.1 mi
  • Nelscott Reef: 12.3 mi
  • Fishers Point County Boat Launch: 12.8 mi
Artworks: 6
Beaches: 5
  • Sand Point Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Neskowin Beach: 9.7 mi
  • Kiwanda Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Kiwanda Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Beverly Beach: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Museums: 4
  • Chachalu Museum & Cultural Center: 10.0 mi
  • North Lincoln County Historical Museum: 12.6 mi
  • Willamina Historical Museum: 16.2 mi
  • Whale Research EcoExcursions: 20.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Cascade Head Interpretive Wayside: 8.1 mi
Springs: 1
  • La Toutena Mary Spring: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Tillamook River Rest Area: 24.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.0 miles of H. B. Van Duzer Forest Wayside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laurel MountainSE 125°1,094 m14.0 mi
Sugarloaf MountainSE 146°1,051.56 m11.7 mi
Saddle Bag MountainSSE 155°1,032 m3.6 mi
Fanno PeakSE 145°1,015.898 m14.2 mi
Riley PeakSE 136°1,004 m14.3 mi
Bald MountainSE 142°980 m21.2 mi
Mount HeboNNE 18°972.312 m13.2 mi
Main PointNNE 12°966 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:4919:28
June solstice05:2920:2121:06
September equinox07:0318:3619:14
December solstice07:5115:4816:37

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F434547505457616260534742
Precip in14.610.510.88.24.73.50.91.43.48.514.115.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Otis 2 NE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/662780665

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