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Cathedral Park

Cathedral Park from directly overhead

Cathedral Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Saint Johns Park, a park 0.6 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 4.8 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Portland Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.58706, -122.76197

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Garden 10: Physical Plant (North Parking Lot): 1.5 mi
  • Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG): 1.5 mi
  • Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.): 1.5 mi
  • Garden 9: River Campus Dock: 1.6 mi
  • Garden 12: N. Monteith Ave & N. Warren St.: 1.6 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Peaks
  • Cornell Mountain: 4.2 mi
  • Swede Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Elk Point: 5.1 mi
  • Council Crest: 6.6 mi
  • Mount Williams: 8.8 mi
Museums: 53
Picnic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 19
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 9.6 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 17.2 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 5.4 mi
  • North Beach: 5.6 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 7.1 mi
  • Lieser Point: 8.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 2.0 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 9.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.0 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.0 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 12.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 19.6 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 21.1 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Cathedral Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainENE 61°679 m21.6 mi
Green MountainWNW 301°676 m21.0 mi
Buck MountainNW 316°649 m18.3 mi
Tater HillNW 316°618 m20.1 mi
Livingston MountainENE 71°595 m20.1 mi
Spud MountainENE 69°576 m20.9 mi
Rye HillNW 309°566 m16.8 mi
Bald MountainWNW 297°539 m19.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347525863696964544641
Precip in5.33.83.92.92.51.60.40.51.43.45.56.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver Pearson AP, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific Banana Slug211 obs
  • Pacific trillium179 obs
  • western maidenhair fern107 obs
  • Cascade Oregon-grape103 obs
  • fringe cups89 obs
  • Pacific Sideband84 obs
  • western sword fern83 obs
  • Solomon's plume83 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/143318414

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