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Grant Park

Grant Park from directly overhead

Grant Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 48 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Vernon Ross Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.7 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 6.6 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Portland Parks & Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates45.53933, -122.62851

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Museums: 53
  • Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Zymoglyphic Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Architectural Heritage Center: 2.2 mi
  • Portland Fire & Rescue Historic Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Oregon Maritime Museum: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 42
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 4.1 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 5.9 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Pothole Falls: 11.7 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Area D: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Area A: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Area C: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Poet's Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 3.6 mi
  • North Beach: 4.6 mi
  • Lieser Point: 5.1 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 3.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 3.2 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 3.3 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 5.3 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Springs: 6
  • School District Spring: 12.0 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 21.0 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 21.0 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 22.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Grant Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainNE 53°1,057 m20.2 mi
Elkhorn MountainNE 42°679 m18.6 mi
Livingston MountainNE 52°595 m15.9 mi
Spotted Deer MountainNE 37°594 m20.0 mi
Spud MountainNE 51°576 m16.9 mi
Dixie MountainNW 308°490 m18.1 mi
Biddle ButteE 82°447 m20.6 mi
Little BaldyNE 49°437 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:30

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Crow329 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver302 obs
  • Mallard273 obs
  • white clover248 obs
  • tree-of-heaven248 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel223 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch217 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider199 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/84804466

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