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Thom Park Community Garden

Thom Park Community Garden from directly overhead

Thom Park Community Garden is a garden in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 109 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,202 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Thom Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Mount Hood passes 0.7 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Gresham
Access
community
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.49186, -122.42059

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Thom Park: 0.0 mi
  • Main City Park: 0.5 mi
  • Arts Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Gradin Community Sports Park: 0.7 mi
  • Hogan Road Trailhead: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Fine Tuned Tulle: 0.6 mi
  • Rockwood Sunrise: 3.1 mi
  • Devoted Passion: 3.7 mi
  • Bald Eagle: 6.3 mi
  • Quaytskin: 6.4 mi
Peaks
Gardens
Waterfalls
Attractions: 56
  • McMenamins Edgefield: 3.0 mi
  • Union Pacific Railcar: 3.8 mi
  • Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 5.0 mi
  • North American Bigfoot Center: 5.7 mi
  • Camas Potholes: 7.4 mi
Museums: 45
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Area B: 8.4 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 8.6 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 10.1 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 10.2 mi
Cliffs: 14
Beaches: 11
  • Sandy River Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Swim beach: 4.6 mi
  • Cottonwood Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Sandy Swimming Hole: 7.2 mi
  • Lieser Point: 11.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Springs: 4
  • School District Spring: 10.6 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 15.2 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 15.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 23.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 20.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Thom Park Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainE 80°1,202 m16.2 mi
Sherrard PointE 80°1,146 m16.4 mi
Larch MountainNNE 21°1,057 m16.7 mi
Lookout PointE 92°802 m14.2 mi
Walker PeakE 95°736 m14.1 mi
Devils RestENE 71°732 m15.0 mi
Elkhorn MountainN 8°679 m17.2 mi
Pepper MountainENE 78°655 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4319:22
June solstice05:2220:1721:03
September equinox06:5718:3019:09
December solstice07:4815:4016:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448535964697064554742
Precip in5.03.74.43.62.92.10.60.61.84.05.86.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Troutdale AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard116 obs
  • Song Sparrow56 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel45 obs
  • American Robin44 obs
  • Canada Goose41 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider40 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird36 obs
  • western sword fern36 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/142411983

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