Don’t blink, you might miss them: On I-5 North near Salem Oregon, between mile markers 259 and 260, is a wide green sign:, “45th Parallel Halfway Between the Equator and North Pole.” It’s one of some half-dozen signposts scattered across Oregon identifying this significant geographical location.
In Oregon the 45th parallel crosses some key locations:
- On the Pacific Coast Scenic Byway, just north of Lincoln City, a 45th parallel sign is hidden among blackberry bushes
- A brick-lined monument notes the line in Keizer less than 2 miles from the Willamette River Water Trail,
- at the intersection off Adams and Water streets in Silverton, a town just outside Silver Falls State Park
- South of Mt Hood on Hwy 26
- Near the ghost town of Shaniko on Highway 97, part of the Journey Through Time Scenic Byway.
- In Fossil, Oregon, a marker stands near Wilson Ranches Retreat.
- Two 45th parallel signs stand near North Powder and Baker City — on US-30 and I-84 — making for easy detours en route to the Elkhorn Drive Scenic Byway or the sites of the Oregon Trail and the National Historic Oregon Trail Interpretive Center.
Some of the 45th Parallel signs play host to geocaches. I’ve got my eye on two caches at 45.00.000, off the beaten path, a long 40 miles east off I84 in eastern Oregon. The one on Hwy 26 had a cache but sadly, no more. Since it’s pretty close to our inn, the Old Parkdale Inn, I may just have to replace.
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