Natural Discovery Garden
Natural Discovery Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Silver Star Mountain stands 1,337 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Swim beach, a beach less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Hood passes 2.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Metro
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 3.9 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 6.7 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 10.0 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 9 mi
- Crown point · 10 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 12 mi
- Cigar Rock View · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nichaqwli Monument: 0.2 mi
- Heroes Memorial & Tribute: 4.2 mi
- Peace Pole: 4.2 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Peace Pole: 5.8 mi
- Pelfry Park: 0.7 mi
- Lakeshore Park: 0.8 mi
- Hockaday Park: 0.8 mi
- Park Cleone: 1.3 mi
- Handy-Nechocokee Park: 1.5 mi
- Columbia Slough Regional Water Quality Facility: 0.8 mi
- Pettijohn Park: 1.5 mi
- Columbia Shoreline: 1.6 mi
- Fairview Woods Wetlands Park: 1.8 mi
- Nadaka Nature Park: 2.4 mi
- Herb Garden: 2.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 2.6 mi
- Yamhill Neighborhood Park Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Gresham City Hall Community Garden: 3.5 mi
- Luuwit View Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Rockwood Sunrise: 2.6 mi
- Devoted Passion: 3.7 mi
- Firebird: 3.8 mi
- Bald Eagle: 3.9 mi
- Fine Tuned Tulle: 4.1 mi
- McMenamins Edgefield: 2.6 mi
- Union Pacific Railcar: 3.5 mi
- Camas Potholes: 3.9 mi
- Water Wheel: 5.5 mi
- Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 8.2 mi
- Prune Hill: 2.8 mi
- Grant Butte: 3.9 mi
- Walters Hill: 4.8 mi
- Jenne Butte: 5.1 mi
- Powell Butte: 5.3 mi
- Pothole Falls: 3.9 mi
- Lower Falls: 4.0 mi
- Woodburn Falls: 4.1 mi
- Knapp Falls: 7.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 9.7 mi
- Depot Rail Museum: 3.5 mi
- Harlow House Museum: 3.6 mi
- Barn Exhibit Hall: 3.7 mi
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 7.6 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Area B: 7.2 mi
- Picnic Area A: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Area D: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area E: 8.6 mi
- Picnic Area C: 8.7 mi
- Swim beach: 0.0 mi
- Sandy River Beach: 3.6 mi
- Sandy Swimming Hole: 4.7 mi
- Cottonwood Beach: 5.6 mi
- Lieser Point: 7.2 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 0.6 mi
- Broughton Bluff: 3.9 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.5 mi
- School District Spring: 6.3 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 16.0 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 19.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 20.9 mi
- Latourell: 11.5 mi
- Fulton: 12.1 mi
- Bridal Veil: 13.5 mi
- Dodson: 20.5 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 18.5 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 20.1 mi
- Ed's Trail Arch: 17.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Natural Discovery Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Star Mountain | NE 38° | 1,337 m | 16.8 mi |
| Sturgeon Rock | NE 37° | 1,267 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pyramid Rock | NE 38° | 1,091 m | 15.7 mi |
| Larch Mountain | NE 34° | 1,057 m | 13.5 mi |
| Lookout Point | ESE 107° | 802 m | 16.5 mi |
| Walker Peak | ESE 110° | 736 m | 16.6 mi |
| Devils Rest | E 88° | 732 m | 15.7 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 17° | 679 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:43 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:40 | 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 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.8 | 4.0 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Troutdale AP, 2 mi away.
- Mallard70 obs
- Canada Goose51 obs
- Flame Skimmer46 obs
- Widow Skimmer45 obs
- Blue Dasher43 obs
- Blue-eyed Darner41 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird40 obs
- Wood Duck35 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/1202755979
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