Penstemon Prairie

Penstemon Prairie is a nature reserve in Washington, Oregon. Penstemon Prairie is situated nearby to the hamlet Dilley, as well as near the locality Detour.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Painter’s Woods Historic District and Isaac Macrum House.

Painter’s Woods Historic District

Historic site

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The Painter's Woods Historic District, located in Forest Grove, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Painter's Woods includes the earliest modern subdivision addition to Forest Grove, and represents Forest Grove's transition from a largely agrarian community to a small-urban center of commerce and education.

Isaac Macrum House

Historic building

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The Isaac Macrum House, located in Forest Grove, Oregon, is a house that is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Clark Historic District

Historic site

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The Clark Historic District, located in Forest Grove, Oregon, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is a roughly rectangular area with irregular borders of 19th and 16th Avenues on the north and south, and A and Elm Streets on the west and east.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Forest Grove and Cornelius.

Forest Grove

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Forest Grove is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, 25 miles west of Portland, within the Tualatin Valley. Originally a small farm town, it is now primarily a commuter town in the Portland metro area.

Cornelius

Town

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Cornelius is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States. Located in the Portland metropolitan area. The population was 12,694 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 15,520 in 2025.

Dilley

Hamlet

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Dilley is an unincorporated community in Washington County, Oregon, United States. As of the 2020 census, Dilley had a population of 301. It is located south of Forest Grove and north of the city of Gaston on Oregon Route 47 in the Portland metropolitan area.

Penstemon Prairie

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Washington, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

45.4847° or 45° 29′ 5″ north

Longitude

-123.111° or 123° 6′ 40″ west

Operator

Metro

Open location code

84QRFVMQ+VH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1013561190

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

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Satellite Map

Discover Penstemon Prairie from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Detour and Carnation.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Carpenter Creek South and Fern Hill Forest.

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