Park · Oregon
Floyd Light Park
Floyd Light Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stark Street Island Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Mount Hood passes 6.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates45.51552, -122.55039
- 6.5 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 8.6 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 9.7 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 11.5 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Crown point · 15 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Stark Street Island Park: 0.3 mi
- Ventura Park: 0.4 mi
- Cherry Park: 0.5 mi
- Midland Park Nature Patch: 0.5 mi
- Mill Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Shotwell Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Heart Beacon: 1.5 mi
- Robert Delgado memorial: 2.0 mi
- Peace Pole: 2.7 mi
- T-Rex Memorial: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Kelly Butte: 1.1 mi
- Mount Tabor: 2.1 mi
- Rocky Butte: 2.3 mi
- Powell Butte: 3.0 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 3.6 mi
Gardens
- Portland Memory Garden: 1.4 mi
- Garden of Peace: 1.6 mi
- Vestal Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.7 mi
- Kirkland Union Manor Senior Garden: 1.8 mi
Artworks
- Stone Cloud: 1.6 mi
- Unity 2: 1.6 mi
- The Grand Calabash: 1.6 mi
- The Reader: 1.6 mi
- Firebird: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge: 2.5 mi
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Wilkes Creek Headwaters Natural Area: 3.0 mi
- Powell Butte Nature Park: 3.0 mi
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 3.2 mi
Waterfalls
- Knapp Falls: 3.2 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 4.8 mi
- Hidden Falls: 7.1 mi
- Pothole Falls: 9.2 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.4 mi
Attractions
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 4.9 mi
- Portland Spirit: 5.6 mi
- Williamette Jetboat Excursions: 5.7 mi
- Bill Naito Legacy Fountain: 5.8 mi
- Water Wheel: 5.8 mi
Museums: 50
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 2.4 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 4.0 mi
- Architectural Heritage Center: 5.4 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 5.4 mi
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 5.6 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Picnic Area B: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 3.6 mi
- Picnic Area E: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 14
- Swim beach: 5.5 mi
- Poet's Beach: 5.9 mi
- Lieser Point: 6.5 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.7 mi
- North Beach: 7.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 2.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 2.4 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 2.6 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Broughton Bluff: 8.6 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 10.7 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 18.0 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 21.0 mi
- Giesy Spring: 23.0 mi
- Oliver Spring: 23.1 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Fulton: 6.6 mi
- Latourell: 16.2 mi
- Bridal Veil: 18.5 mi
- Champoeg: 24.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 19.0 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 20.0 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 20.1 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 20.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Ed's Trail Arch: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Floyd Light Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | NE 41° | 1,057 m | 18.6 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 29° | 679 m | 17.7 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 87° | 655 m | 18.3 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NE 38° | 595 m | 14.3 mi |
| Spotted Deer Mountain | NNE 25° | 594 m | 19.5 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 37° | 576 m | 15.4 mi |
| Angel's Rest | E 80° | 484 m | 19.5 mi |
| Biddle Butte | ENE 75° | 447 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:18 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 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 | 44 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 64 | 55 | 47 | 41 |
| Precip in | 6.0 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.7 | 4.0 | 6.3 | 7.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland WFO, 3 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven243 obs
- Cross Orbweaver71 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider66 obs
- American Crow58 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco57 obs
- Western Honey Bee55 obs
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee48 obs
- Douglas-fir42 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/142540175
Day trips start here
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 4 mi
- Gresham · 5 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 5 mi
- Portland · 5 mi
- Milwaukie · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 6 mi
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