Park · Oregon
Forest Heights Park
Forest Heights Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Green Mountain stands 676 m to the northwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Valley View Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 7.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates45.54348, -122.77632
- 7.4 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 7.6 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 14.4 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 17.3 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Crown point · 26 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Valley View Park: 0.3 mi
- Mill Pond Park: 0.6 mi
- Bonny Slope Park: 0.7 mi
- Lost Park: 0.9 mi
- Cedar Mill Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Alder Ridge Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Cedar Mill Creek Greenway: 1.7 mi
- Merritt Woods Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Mill Creek Greenway: 1.9 mi
- Peppertree Wetlands Natural Area: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
- George Foege Firefighting Pioneer: 1.4 mi
- Witch's Castle: 2.7 mi
- Danford Balch Homesite: 3.1 mi
- The Broken Wall Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Joe Pearson: 3.4 mi
Peaks
- Cornell Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Swede Hill: 2.1 mi
- Elk Point: 2.4 mi
- Council Crest: 4.5 mi
- Mount Williams: 5.9 mi
Gardens
- Garden 9: River Campus Dock: 2.9 mi
- Garden 8: Villa Maria Hall: 3.0 mi
- Garden 6: Shiley Marcos: 3.0 mi
- Garden 5: Shiley Hall: 3.0 mi
- Garden 7: Oriico Hall: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- Tree of Life: 3.0 mi
- Oddo Memorial: 3.1 mi
- O Cruceiro: 3.1 mi
- Shoe Dog Bridge: 3.4 mi
- Untitled: 3.4 mi
Attractions
- Pittock Mansion: 3.2 mi
- LA Swoosh: 3.4 mi
- Seb Coe: 3.4 mi
- LeBron Signature Totem: 3.4 mi
- Nike Swoosh: 3.4 mi
Museums: 54
- Vintage Tek: 3.6 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 3.7 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 3.9 mi
- Portland Art Museum: 4.9 mi
- Northwest Museum of Cartoon: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Shelter A: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area A: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area F: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Cedar Mill Falls: 1.6 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Jackson Falls: 9.5 mi
- Knapp Falls: 11.7 mi
- Singer Falls: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 14
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 3.8 mi
- Poet's Beach: 5.7 mi
- North Beach: 7.4 mi
- Surprise Beach: 7.7 mi
- Lieser Point: 10.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Waud Bluff: 3.0 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.2 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.3 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 7.1 mi
- Roy: 15.2 mi
- Greenville: 16.7 mi
- Thatcher: 17.7 mi
- Champoeg: 21.2 mi
Springs: 5
- Oliver Spring: 16.6 mi
- School District Spring: 18.1 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.2 mi
- Normandin Spring: 20.7 mi
- Giesy Spring: 21.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 18.6 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.2 miles of Forest Heights Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Mountain | NW 309° | 676 m | 22.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 324° | 649 m | 20.2 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 323° | 618 m | 22.0 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | ENE 64° | 595 m | 21.9 mi |
| Rye Hill | NW 318° | 566 m | 18.4 mi |
| Gales Peak | W 269° | 548 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 305° | 539 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bald Peak | SW 233° | 497 m | 17.0 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 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:41 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Pacific Banana Slug117 obs
- Mule Deer73 obs
- Pacific trillium63 obs
- thimbleberry45 obs
- fringe cups45 obs
- Pacific Sideband45 obs
- Herb Robert42 obs
- Barred Owl41 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/130779175
Day trips start here
- Beaverton · 4 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 4 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 5 mi
- Aloha · 6 mi
- Portland · 6 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 7 mi
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