Garden · Oregon
Lents Community Garden
Lents Community Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 69 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Lents Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Mount Hood passes 7.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Portland
- Access
- community
How to reach it
Coordinates45.48508, -122.57148
- 7.7 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 9.9 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 11.1 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 13.6 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Crown point · 16 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Lents Park: 0.1 mi
- Mill Lents Park: 0.4 mi
- Bloomington Park: 0.6 mi
- Glenwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Mount Scott Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Robert Delgado memorial: 0.3 mi
- Heart Beacon: 0.8 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 2.4 mi
- T-Rex Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Laurelhurst Park: 3.7 mi
Gardens
- Kirkland Union Manor Senior Garden: 0.8 mi
- Portland Memory Garden: 1.0 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.5 mi
- Garden of Peace: 1.5 mi
- Multnomah County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge: 1.1 mi
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 1.2 mi
- Veterans Creek Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Cottonwood Creek Natural Area: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Kelly Butte: 1.3 mi
- Mount Tabor: 2.1 mi
- Mount Scott: 2.3 mi
- Powell Butte: 3.3 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- The Grand Calabash: 1.5 mi
- The Reader: 1.5 mi
- Unity 2: 1.5 mi
- Stone Cloud: 1.5 mi
- Creston Community Convergence Intersection Painting: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 3.2 mi
- Bob's Red Mill - World Headquarters: 4.2 mi
- Rock & Roll: 4.5 mi
- Cosmic Crash: 4.5 mi
- Herschell–Spillman Noah's Ark Carousel: 4.5 mi
Museums: 51
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 2.6 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 4.1 mi
- Portland Puppet Museum: 4.4 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 4.6 mi
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4.9 mi
Waterfalls: 44
- Knapp Falls: 1.2 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 3.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.7 mi
- Singer Falls: 9.0 mi
- Willamette Falls: 9.5 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Area B: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area A: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area D: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area E: 3.6 mi
Beaches: 13
- Poet's Beach: 5.1 mi
- Swim beach: 7.5 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.8 mi
- Lieser Point: 8.4 mi
- North Beach: 9.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.5 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.6 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 8.2 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 13.0 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 16.4 mi
- Giesy Spring: 20.7 mi
- Oliver Spring: 21.1 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 22.4 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Fulton: 5.0 mi
- Latourell: 17.6 mi
- Bridal Veil: 19.9 mi
- Champoeg: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 17.7 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 17.8 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 20.7 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 22.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Ed's Trail Arch: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Lents Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | NE 40° | 1,057 m | 20.8 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 29° | 679 m | 20.0 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 81° | 655 m | 19.5 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NE 36° | 595 m | 16.6 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 36° | 576 m | 17.7 mi |
| Highland Butte | SSE 160° | 470 m | 18.2 mi |
| Biddle Butte | ENE 69° | 447 m | 18.8 mi |
| Little Baldy | NNE 32° | 437 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 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 | 41 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland WFO, 6 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven1,074 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider161 obs
- Western Honey Bee130 obs
- Cross Orbweaver128 obs
- Gray Hairstreak125 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle97 obs
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee84 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco82 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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/93031788
Day trips start here
- Milwaukie · 4 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 4 mi
- Portland · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 6 mi
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