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Dogwood Park

Dogwood Park from directly overhead

Dogwood Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Livingston Mountain stands 595 m to the northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Milwaukie Bay Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 10 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
North Clackamas Parks & Recreation District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.44118, -122.64091

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Milwaukie Bay Park: 0.1 mi
  • Robert Kronberg Park: 0.2 mi
  • Scott Park: 0.4 mi
  • Peter Kerr Property: 0.7 mi
  • Century Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Saint Francis: 0.3 mi
  • Bower: 0.8 mi
  • Kerf: 1.5 mi
  • Kerf: 1.5 mi
  • Stafford Stones: 1.6 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Oregon Iron Company Furnace: 2.3 mi
  • Spanish American War Veterans Memorial: 2.3 mi
  • Jesse V. Boone: 2.5 mi
  • Liberty: 3.1 mi
  • John F. Kennedy: 3.1 mi
Attractions
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 23
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 2.7 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Singer Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Willamette Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Coffee Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
Picnic sites: 19
Beaches: 13
  • Poet's Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 8.3 mi
  • North Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 11.7 mi
  • Swim beach: 12.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Phantom Bluff: 3.7 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.3 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.4 mi
  • Madrone Wall: 9.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • spring w/concrete cover: 15.8 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 16.4 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 16.7 mi
  • School District Spring: 17.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.1 miles of Dogwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Livingston MountainNE 39°595 m21.1 mi
Spud MountainNE 38°576 m22.2 mi
Bald PeakW 261°497 m20.4 mi
Dixie MountainNW 322°490 m22.5 mi
Highland ButteSE 146°470 m17.1 mi
Biddle ButteENE 65°447 m23.1 mi
Little BaldyNE 35°437 m20.2 mi
Ross MountainENE 74°396 m20.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2320:1821:03
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4116:31

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424548535963697065554742
Precip in6.44.74.83.62.61.50.40.51.64.06.67.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Pacific trillium273 obs
  • Pacific Banana Slug222 obs
  • Osoberry198 obs
  • Pacific Sideband195 obs
  • Pacific Waterleaf182 obs
  • western sword fern176 obs
  • tree-of-heaven163 obs
  • Salmonberry157 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/131505877

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