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Clackamas

Clackamas River

The Clackamas River is an approximately 83-mile tributary of the in northwestern , in the United States. Draining an area of about 940 square miles, the Clackamas flows through mostly forested and rugged mountainous terrain in its upper reaches, and passes agricultural and urban areas in its lower third.
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Photo: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain.
  • Type: River
  • Description: tributary of the Willamette River in Oregon
  • Also known as: “Clackmas Creek”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Oregon Military Museum and Clackamas High School.

Museum
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The at in , is a museum of Oregon's military heritage including the Oregon National Guard, the state's early militias, and all branches of the US Armed Forces.

School
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is a public high school located in , . It is the second oldest of the four high schools in the North Clackamas School District.

Peak
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is a volcanic cinder cone in , . It is part of the Boring Lava Field, a zone of ancient volcanic activity in the area around .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carver and Happy Valley.

Hamlet
Photo: Tedder, CC BY 3.0.
is an unincorporated community in , , United States, which, between 2004 and 2016, was part of the city of .

Town
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is a suburban city in the . is near the northwest edge of , Oregon, United States approximately 13 miles to the southeast of downtown .

Suburb
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is an unincorporated community and former census-designated place in , , United States, and is a suburb of . The population was approximately 7,000 as of 2010.

Clackamas River

Latitude
45.40332° or 45° 24′ 12″ north
Longitude
-122.51578° or 122° 30′ 57″ west
Elevation
10 feet (3 metres)
Open location code
84QVCF3M+8M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 129368502
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­river
Geo­Names ID
5719307
Wiki­data ID
Q2310768
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Satellite Map

Discover Clackamas River from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Clackamas River” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “نهر كلاكاماس”
  • Asturian: “Ríu Clackamas”
  • Catalan: “Clackamas”
  • Catalan: “Riu Clackamas”
  • Cebuano: “Clackamas River”
  • Chinese: “克拉克默斯河”
  • Czech: “Clackamas”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “نهر كلاكاماس”
  • French: “Clackamas”
  • Irish: “Abhainn Clackamas”
  • Japanese: “クラカマス川”
  • Japanese: “クラッカマス川”
  • Russian: “Клакамас”
  • Ukrainian: “Клакамас”
  • Venetian: “Clackamas”
  • Welsh: “Afon Clackamas”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Windswept Waters Park and Clackamas Fire District 1 Station 8 Clacakamas.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Clackamas River”. Photo: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain.