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Santiam River Rest Area

Santiam River Rest Area from directly overhead

Santiam River Rest Area is a rest area in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. McCulloch Peak stands 664 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cliff, a cliff 1.7 miles away. Silver Falls passes 7.5 miles off.

What to expect

Operated by
Oregon Department of Transportation

How to reach it

Coordinates44.74010, -123.05451

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Hale Butte: 1.8 mi
  • Looney Butte: 2.5 mi
  • Roby Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Scravel Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Miller Butte: 3.6 mi
Parks
  • 7th Street Park: 3.1 mi
  • North Luckiamute State Natural Area: 4.8 mi
  • Buena Vista County Park: 5.0 mi
  • Willamette Memorial Park: 5.1 mi
  • Luckiamute State Natural Area Paddlers' Access: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves: 35
Artworks: 29
Museums: 26
Gardens: 21
Historic sites: 14
  • Scio Vetrans Memorial: 10.4 mi
  • 1245 Mill Street Section Houses: 13.5 mi
  • Chinook Salmon: 13.6 mi
  • Dr. John McLoughlin: 13.7 mi
  • Column Segments from Second Oregon Capitol: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 11
Ghost towns: 9
Attractions: 8
  • Aldersgate Camps and Retreats: 9.0 mi
  • Telephone of the Wind: 10.6 mi
  • Blue Car Wreck: 12.1 mi
  • Salem Riverfront Carousel: 13.9 mi
  • Wildlife-viewing blind: 21.6 mi
Picnic sites: 5
  • Maple Grove Shelter: 16.7 mi
  • Number 2: 22.4 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area A: 23.5 mi
  • Mission Lake Day-Use Area B: 23.6 mi
  • Filbert Grove Day-Use Area: 23.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
Beaches: 1
Springs: 1
  • Sulfer Springs: 14.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.6 miles of Santiam River Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
McCulloch PeakWSW 243°664 m16.5 mi
Reception PeakWSW 247°594 m16.9 mi
Forest PeakWSW 252°572.1 m13.5 mi
Price PeakWSW 249°534.9 m16.1 mi
BlacktailENE 71°491 m19.6 mi
Dimple HillWSW 236°450.5 m15.6 mi
Rogers MountainESE 105°438.912 m16.8 mi
Peterson ButteSSE 165°436 m16.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4619:25
June solstice05:2720:1721:02
September equinox07:0018:3319:11
December solstice07:4715:4616:35

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347505661686863544540
Precip in6.54.84.93.32.31.30.30.41.53.56.57.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Corvallis State Univ, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/565995681

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