Park · Oregon
Commonwealth Lake Park
Commonwealth Lake Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 57 m. Green Mountain stands 676 m to the northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Foothills Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 6.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
Coordinates45.51180, -122.80859
- 6.3 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 10.3 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 17.1 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 18.9 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Crown point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Foothills Park: 0.4 mi
- Wanda L. Peck Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Hills Park: 0.7 mi
- Forest Hills Park: 0.8 mi
- Timberland Park: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Peppertree Wetlands Natural Area: 0.4 mi
- Cedar Mill Creek Greenway: 0.8 mi
- Cedar Mill Creek Greenway: 1.0 mi
- C.E. Mason Wetlands Natural Area: 1.3 mi
- Center Street Park Addition: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- LA Swoosh: 0.8 mi
- Seb Coe: 1.0 mi
- LeBron Signature Totem: 1.1 mi
- Nike Swoosh: 1.2 mi
- Nordia House: 4.3 mi
Artworks
- Shoe Dog Bridge: 0.9 mi
- Surge: 0.9 mi
- Couple on Bench: 1.0 mi
- Michael Johnson Golden Spikes: 1.0 mi
- Equality: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- The Jeff Johnson Trail: 0.9 mi
- Nike Time Capsule: 1.1 mi
- George Foege Firefighting Pioneer: 1.3 mi
- Joe Pearson: 1.5 mi
- Carr Chevrolet Company: 1.6 mi
Gardens
- Howard Vollum Memorial Garden: 1.1 mi
- Nissho Iwai Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Eden Gardens: 2.2 mi
- Oregon Food Bank Learning Garden: 2.6 mi
- Raleigh Park School Garden: 2.9 mi
Peaks
- Swede Hill: 2.5 mi
- Elk Point: 2.9 mi
- Cornell Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mount Williams: 3.2 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 3.9 mi
Museums: 52
- Vintage Tek: 1.0 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 4.9 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 5.6 mi
- Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: 6.0 mi
- Portland Art Museum: 6.1 mi
Picnic sites: 24
- Shelter A: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Shelter: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area A: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Area B: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Area F: 8.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Cedar Mill Falls: 1.1 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.7 mi
- Jackson Falls: 9.9 mi
- Knapp Falls: 12.5 mi
- Willamette Falls: 14.4 mi
Beaches: 15
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 6.0 mi
- Poet's Beach: 6.7 mi
- North Beach: 10.0 mi
- Surprise Beach: 10.3 mi
- Lieser Point: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Waud Bluff: 5.6 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 9.0 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.0 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.2 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Fulton: 7.2 mi
- Roy: 14.4 mi
- Greenville: 15.8 mi
- Thatcher: 16.5 mi
- Champoeg: 18.7 mi
Springs: 5
- Oliver Spring: 14.0 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.5 mi
- Normandin Spring: 19.6 mi
- Giesy Spring: 19.7 mi
- School District Spring: 20.5 mi
Rest areas: 4
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 16.5 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 16.7 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.4 miles of Commonwealth Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | NW 316° | 676 m | 22.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 331° | 649 m | 21.2 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNW 330° | 618 m | 22.9 mi |
| Rye Hill | NW 326° | 566 m | 19.1 mi |
| Gales Peak | W 275° | 548 m | 19.6 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 313° | 539 m | 20.6 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | WNW 297° | 538 m | 23.4 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 236° | 497 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:19 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:42 | 16:31 |
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 | 45 | 47 | 50 | 54 | 60 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 56 | 49 | 44 |
| Precip in | 5.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.0 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.9 | 5.9 | 6.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Nature Park-beaverton, 2 mi away.
- Mallard484 obs
- American Wigeon242 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird222 obs
- Great Blue Heron215 obs
- Canada Goose213 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe196 obs
- Coypu147 obs
- Cackling Goose131 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/130093097
Day trips start here
- Beaverton · 2 mi
- Aloha · 3 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 6 mi
- Tigard · 6 mi
- Tualatin · 6 mi
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