Park · Washington
Esther Short Park
Esther Short Park is a park in Washington, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is A Gift For You, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 0.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 16 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Vancouver
How to reach it
Coordinates45.62646, -122.67488
- 0.4 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 7.0 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 11.8 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 13.8 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Crown point · 22 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Cape Horn Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- A Gift For You: 0.0 mi
- Captain George Vancouver - Royal Navy: 0.1 mi
- Flying Umbrellas: 0.2 mi
- Columbia River Watershed: 0.3 mi
- Rotary International: 0.3 mi
Parks
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Waterfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Capt. George Vancouver Monument Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Old Apple Tree Park: 0.4 mi
- Marshall Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Peace Pole: 0.3 mi
- Clark County War Veteran's Memorial: 0.5 mi
- Officers Row: 0.7 mi
- Japanese Memorial: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- Grant Street Pier: 0.4 mi
- Vancouver Land Bridge: 0.5 mi
- Vancouver Barracks: 0.6 mi
- The Big Red Animal Barn: 5.7 mi
- The Maize: 5.7 mi
Gardens
- Fort Vancouver National Historic Site Garden: 0.7 mi
- Marshall Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Welcome to Washington: 1.0 mi
- Royce E. Pollard Japanese Friendship Garden: 1.1 mi
- Kenton Neighborhood Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Flyway Wetlands Natural Area: 2.6 mi
- Catkin Marsh Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Waud Bluff: 4.3 mi
- Waud Bluff Trail: 4.4 mi
- Harbor View Property: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Rocky Butte: 7.6 mi
- Cornell Mountain: 7.9 mi
- Elk Point: 8.6 mi
- Swede Hill: 8.6 mi
- Mount Tabor: 8.8 mi
Museums: 51
- Clark County Historical Museum: 0.5 mi
- Pearson Air Museum: 0.9 mi
- Pearson Field Education Center: 1.0 mi
- Water Resources Education Center: 2.8 mi
- Portland Museum of Modern Art: 4.6 mi
Waterfalls: 39
- Cedar Mill Falls: 9.1 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.3 mi
- Knapp Falls: 12.2 mi
- Jackson Falls: 12.7 mi
- Pothole Falls: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 27
- Shelter A: 4.0 mi
- Eagle Shelter: 5.0 mi
- Heron Shelter: 5.1 mi
- Picnic Area F: 7.6 mi
- Picnic Area E: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 15
- Surprise Beach: 1.0 mi
- North Beach: 2.0 mi
- Lieser Point: 4.6 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 5.2 mi
- Tina Bar: 7.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Waud Bluff: 4.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.6 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.7 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 11.2 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Fulton: 10.8 mi
- Roy: 19.8 mi
- Greenville: 21.4 mi
- Latourell: 22.9 mi
- Thatcher: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 3
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 10.4 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 12.0 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 24.8 mi
Springs: 3
- School District Spring: 11.9 mi
- Fern Spring: 20.1 mi
- Oliver Spring: 24.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Ed's Trail Arch: 22.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.7 miles of Esther Short Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | ENE 71° | 1,057 m | 19.3 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | ENE 62° | 679 m | 16.6 mi |
| Bells Mountain | NE 44° | 674 m | 18.6 mi |
| Buck Mountain | WNW 302° | 649 m | 19.9 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | ENE 76° | 595 m | 15.3 mi |
| Spotted Deer Mountain | NE 55° | 594 m | 17.4 mi |
| Spud Mountain | ENE 73° | 576 m | 16.0 mi |
| Rye Hill | WNW 295° | 566 m | 19.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:40 | 16:30 |
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 | 41 | 43 | 47 | 52 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 41 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 2.9 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.5 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver Pearson AP, 1 mi away.
- Mallard170 obs
- small camas128 obs
- Canada Goose69 obs
- California poppy67 obs
- California Scrub-Jay67 obs
- Barrow's Goldeneye66 obs
- Western Grebe64 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird60 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/33068462
Day trips start here
- Vancouver · 4 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 6 mi
- Portland · 7 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 7 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 8 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 9 mi
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