Park · Oregon
Gates Park
Gates Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilbert HydroPark, a park 0.3 miles away. Mount Hood passes 5.3 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates45.48957, -122.52138
- 5.3 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 7.5 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 11.4 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
- 12.0 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Crown point · 14 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Gilbert HydroPark: 0.3 mi
- Gilbert Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- Southeast District Headquarters: 0.6 mi
- Gilbert Primary Park: 0.8 mi
- Raymond Park: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Powell Butte: 0.9 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 1.4 mi
- Kelly Butte: 1.8 mi
- Jenne Butte: 2.1 mi
- Grant Butte: 2.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Powell Butte Nature Park: 1.0 mi
- Gilbert Ridge Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge: 1.6 mi
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 1.9 mi
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Portland Memory Garden: 1.7 mi
- Lents Community Garden: 2.4 mi
- Kirkland Union Manor Senior Garden: 2.7 mi
- Garden of Peace: 3.1 mi
- Learning Garden: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
- Shotwell Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Heart Beacon: 1.9 mi
- Robert Delgado memorial: 2.3 mi
- Heroes Memorial & Tribute: 4.5 mi
- Peace Pole: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls
- Knapp Falls: 2.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 5.0 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 5.6 mi
- Pothole Falls: 9.5 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.6 mi
Artworks
- The Grand Calabash: 3.0 mi
- Unity 2: 3.0 mi
- The Reader: 3.1 mi
- Stone Cloud: 3.1 mi
- Rockwood Sunrise: 3.3 mi
Attractions
- Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 3.7 mi
- Bob's Red Mill - World Headquarters: 5.6 mi
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 5.6 mi
- McMenamins Edgefield: 6.3 mi
- Rock & Roll: 6.9 mi
Museums: 49
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 4.3 mi
- Oregon Military Museum: 5.7 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 5.9 mi
- Portland Puppet Museum: 6.8 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 6.9 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Picnic Area B: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Area A: 4.0 mi
- Picnic Area D: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area E: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.5 mi
Cliffs: 14
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.5 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.8 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Madrone Wall: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 13
- Swim beach: 5.6 mi
- Poet's Beach: 7.3 mi
- Sandy River Beach: 7.7 mi
- Lieser Point: 8.6 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 7.4 mi
- Latourell: 15.2 mi
- Bridal Veil: 17.5 mi
- Champoeg: 24.7 mi
- Dodson: 24.8 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 11.6 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 15.8 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 20.0 mi
- Giesy Spring: 22.2 mi
- Oliver Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.4 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 19.5 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 21.1 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Ed's Trail Arch: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Gates Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | NE 35° | 1,057 m | 19.1 mi |
| Lookout Point | E 91° | 802 m | 19.0 mi |
| Walker Peak | E 93° | 736 m | 18.9 mi |
| Devils Rest | ENE 75° | 732 m | 19.7 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 23° | 679 m | 18.7 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 81° | 655 m | 17.0 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NNE 30° | 595 m | 15.1 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NNE 30° | 576 m | 16.1 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 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:41 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Pacific Banana Slug174 obs
- western sword fern130 obs
- tree-of-heaven126 obs
- Pacific trillium121 obs
- American Kestrel116 obs
- Pacific Waterleaf105 obs
- thimbleberry104 obs
- Douglas-fir102 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/142946283
Day trips start here
- Gresham · 4 mi
- Milwaukie · 6 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 6 mi
- Portland · 7 mi
- Troutdale · 7 mi
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