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The Mount Pisgah Arboretum (85 ha / 209 acres) is a non-profit arboretum and botanical garden located within the Howard Buford Recreation Area (930 ha / 2,300 acre), between the Coast Fork of the Willamette River and the slopes of Mount Pisgah near Eugene - Springfield, Oregon, United States. The Friends of Mount Pisgah Arboretum was ...
Mount Pisgah (Lane County, Oregon) Coordinates: 122°57′51″W. Sign at base of Mount Pisgah Arboretum. Mount Pisgah is a hill in Lane County, Oregon, United States, rising 1,060 feet (320 m) above the surrounding Willamette Valley to a maximum elevation of 1,531 feet (467 m). It was named after the biblical Mount Pisgah. [1]
Mount Pisgah is a mountain in the Appalachian mountain range and part of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, United States.The mountain's height is 5,721 feet (1,744 m) above sea level, and it sits approximately 15 miles (24 kilometers) southwest of Asheville, near the crossing of the boundaries of Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson and Transylvania counties.
The Howard Buford Recreation Area southeast of Eugene is open again. The area which includes Mt. Pisgah Arboretum closed in January after the ice storm caused extensive damage to the park.
According to van Appel, the cost to repair just the arboretum was estimated at around $168,000. For Mt. Pisgah's recreational areas and trails, the price tag is expected to be some $600,000 worth ...
The Pisgah National Forest was established in 1916, one of the first national forests in the eastern United States. The new preserve included approximately 86,700 acres that had been part of the Biltmore Estate, but were sold to the federal government in 1914 by Edith Vanderbilt. Some of the forest tracts were among the first purchases by the ...
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden. Portland Parks & Recreation. Portland. 45°28′47″N 122°38′8″W. / 45.47972°N 122.63556°W / 45.47972; -122.63556. Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close. Episcopal Diocese of Oregon. Dunthorpe. 45°26′23.17″N 122°39′5.13″W.
Professional background includes 25 years of nonprofit leadership at local organizations including FOOD for Lane County, Mount Pisgah Arboretum, and Sponsors Inc., along with decades of community ...