Fowler Pit

Fowler Pit is a mine in Polk, Oregon. Fowler Pit is situated nearby to Wallace House Park, as well as near Sunset Park.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Oregon School for the Deaf and A. C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village.

Oregon School for the Deaf

School

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Oregon School for the Deaf is a state-funded school in Salem, Oregon, United States. It serves deaf and hard of hearing students from kindergarten through high school, and up to 18 years of age. Oregon School for the Deaf is situated 1¼ miles southeast of Fowler Pit.

A. C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village

Museum

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The Gilbert House Children's Museum is a private nonprofit 501 children's museum within Riverfront Park located in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1989. A. C. Gilbert’s Discovery Village is situated 2½ miles south of Fowler Pit.

Center Street Bridge

Bridge

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The Center Street Bridge is a road bridge located in Salem, Oregon, United States. It spans the Willamette River, connecting West Salem and Oregon Route 22 to Salem. Center Street Bridge is situated 2½ miles south of Fowler Pit.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Keizer and Salem.

Keizer

Town

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Keizer is a city in Marion County, Oregon, United States, along the 45th parallel. As of the 2020 United States census, its population was 39,376, making it the 14th most populous city in Oregon.

Salem

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Salem, the capital of Oregon, is located in the Willamette Valley between Portland and Eugene. It is also the county seat of Marion County. Salem was established in the early 1800s as a farming community.

Chemawa

Hamlet

Chemawa was an unincorporated community north of Salem, Oregon, in Marion County in the United States. Chemawa was also the name of a station on the Southern Pacific railroad, originally the Oregon Electric Railway. Chemawa Indian School was named after the Chemawa post office at this locale. Chemawa is situated 3 miles northeast of Fowler Pit.

Fowler Pit

Type: Mine
Categories: quarry and industry
Location: Polk, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

44.9791° or 44° 58′ 45″ north

Longitude

-123.0432° or 123° 2′ 36″ west

Open location code

84PRXXH4+JP

OpenStreetMap ID

node 585367055

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=quarry

OpenStreetMap feature

man_made=mine

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