Garden · Oregon
Learning Gardens Laboratory
Learning Gardens Laboratory is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the north-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Multnomah County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away. Mount Hood passes 9.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland State University
How to reach it
Coordinates45.47320, -122.60325
- 9.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 11.3 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 11.6 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 12.5 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Crown point · 18 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Multnomah County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 0.1 mi
- Eastmoreland Garden: 1.6 mi
- Lents Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Kirkland Union Manor Senior Garden: 2.1 mi
- Ivon Community Garden: 2.4 mi
Parks
- Brentwood Park: 0.2 mi
- Hazeltine Park: 0.6 mi
- Errol Heights Park: 0.8 mi
- Arleta Triangle: 0.8 mi
- Woodstock Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Creston Community Convergence Intersection Painting: 1.6 mi
- Kerf: 1.8 mi
- Kerf: 1.8 mi
- This All Happened More or Less: 2.4 mi
- TRI IT: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Rock & Roll: 2.8 mi
- Disk'O: 2.9 mi
- The Spider: 2.9 mi
- Herschell–Spillman Noah's Ark Carousel: 2.9 mi
Historic sites
- Robert Delgado memorial: 2.0 mi
- Heart Beacon: 2.5 mi
- Spanish American War Veterans Memorial: 3.4 mi
- Laurelhurst Park: 3.5 mi
- Jesse V. Boone: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Cottonwood Creek Natural Area: 2.0 mi
- Veterans Creek Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 2.1 mi
- Minthorn North Natural Area: 2.3 mi
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Mount Tabor: 2.7 mi
- Mount Scott: 2.9 mi
- Kelly Butte: 3.0 mi
- Mount Talbert: 4.0 mi
- Oatfield Hill: 4.1 mi
Museums: 51
- Portland Puppet Museum: 2.7 mi
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 3.1 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 3.7 mi
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 3.9 mi
- USS Blueback: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 34
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 1.6 mi
- Knapp Falls: 2.2 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.3 mi
- Singer Falls: 8.0 mi
- Willamette Falls: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Area B: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area A: 2.9 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area B: 3.5 mi
- Picnic Area A: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 13
- Poet's Beach: 4.0 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.3 mi
- Lieser Point: 9.2 mi
- Swim beach: 9.2 mi
- North Beach: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.5 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.7 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 6.5 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 8.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 3.3 mi
- Latourell: 19.3 mi
- Champoeg: 21.1 mi
- Bridal Veil: 21.6 mi
- Roy: 24.6 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 14.5 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 16.5 mi
- Giesy Spring: 19.2 mi
- Oliver Spring: 19.4 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 24.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 16.1 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 16.3 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 21.2 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.5 miles of Learning Gardens Laboratory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 31° | 679 m | 21.5 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 80° | 655 m | 21.1 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NE 39° | 595 m | 18.2 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 38° | 576 m | 19.3 mi |
| Highland Butte | SSE 154° | 470 m | 18.1 mi |
| Biddle Butte | ENE 69° | 447 m | 20.5 mi |
| Little Baldy | NE 34° | 437 m | 17.3 mi |
| Pohls Hill | ENE 58° | 410 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 42 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 5 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven1,385 obs
- Mallard355 obs
- Wood Duck269 obs
- Coypu229 obs
- Canada Goose209 obs
- Cross Orbweaver204 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider203 obs
- Gadwall200 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1422964937
Day trips start here
- Milwaukie · 3 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 3 mi
- Portland · 4 mi
- Lake Oswego · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 5 mi
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