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Bicentennial Park

Bicentennial Park from directly overhead

Bicentennial Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Shadywood Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.3 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Hillsboro Parks & Recreation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates45.52285, -122.95751

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions: 60
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • Baker Memorial Healing Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Lloyd Baron Rhododendron Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Pollinator Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Waterwise Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Life Community Garden: 4.3 mi
Peaks: 58
Museums: 49
Picnic sites: 19
  • Picnic Shelter: 5.6 mi
  • The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.5 mi
  • Shelter A: 14.1 mi
  • Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 14.2 mi
  • Eagle Shelter: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Jackson Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Little Lee Falls: 15.7 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 15.9 mi
  • Lee Falls: 16.3 mi
Beaches: 12
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 12.7 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 13.9 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 15.9 mi
  • North Beach: 15.9 mi
  • Reeder Beach: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 6
  • Waud Bluff: 11.6 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 14.9 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 19.2 mi
Springs: 4
  • Normandin Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bicentennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
South Saddle MountainW 275°1,048 m20.3 mi
Larch MountainWNW 293°1,044 m24.6 mi
Woods PointW 278°940 m23.4 mi
Round TopWNW 299°909 m22.3 mi
Windy PointW 264°880 m22.2 mi
Long MountainNNW 338°689 m19.7 mi
Green MountainNNW 331°676 m17.5 mi
Buck MountainN 350°649 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4519:24
June solstice05:2420:1921:05
September equinox07:0018:3219:11
December solstice07:5015:4216:32

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F404246505761676762524540
Precip in5.34.03.72.62.01.30.40.51.43.45.46.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard433 obs
  • Cackling Goose303 obs
  • American Wigeon291 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird243 obs
  • Canada Goose155 obs
  • Wood Duck152 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco150 obs
  • Bufflehead147 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1418567029

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