Park · Oregon
McKenna Park
McKenna Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Harbor View Property, a nature reserve 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 4.2 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates45.58217, -122.73289
- 4.2 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 8.9 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 11.1 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 15.5 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Crown point · 24 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Harbor View Property: 0.3 mi
- North Crawford Street and North Polk Avenue Property: 0.7 mi
- Waud Bluff Trail: 0.9 mi
- Waud Bluff: 1.7 mi
- Linnton Park: 3.0 mi
Gardens
- Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG): 0.4 mi
- Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.): 0.4 mi
- Garden 10: Physical Plant (North Parking Lot): 0.4 mi
- Garden 12: N. Monteith Ave & N. Warren St.: 0.4 mi
- Garden 14: Tyson Hall: 0.4 mi
Parks
- Portsmouth Park: 0.5 mi
- Villa Quad: 0.7 mi
- Northgate Park: 0.7 mi
- Academic Quad: 0.8 mi
- East Quad: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Tree of Life: 0.7 mi
- Oddo Memorial: 0.7 mi
- O Cruceiro: 0.7 mi
- Paul Bunyan Statue: 2.2 mi
- Phipps Rexall Drugs: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
- The Broken Wall Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Rob Strasser Field: 2.8 mi
- William V. Owens Softball Complex: 2.8 mi
- Danford Balch Homesite: 3.3 mi
- LEWIS AND CLARK CENTENNIAL, AMERICAN PACIFIC EXPOSITION AND ORIENTAL FAIR 1905: 3.5 mi
Attractions
- Grant Street Pier: 3.8 mi
- Pittock Mansion: 4.0 mi
- Vancouver Land Bridge: 4.2 mi
- Vancouver Barracks: 4.6 mi
- Portland Center Stage at The Armory: 4.7 mi
Peaks
- Cornell Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Swede Hill: 4.7 mi
- Elk Point: 4.8 mi
- Council Crest: 5.9 mi
- Mount Tabor: 8.3 mi
Museums: 54
- Portland Museum of Modern Art: 3.2 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 3.7 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 4.5 mi
- Clark County Historical Museum: 4.6 mi
- Pearson Air Museum: 4.7 mi
Picnic sites: 26
- Shelter A: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area F: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area B: 6.6 mi
- Picnic Area E: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 20
- Cedar Mill Falls: 5.0 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.5 mi
- Jackson Falls: 10.3 mi
- Knapp Falls: 11.5 mi
- Hidden Falls: 16.0 mi
Beaches: 15
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.5 mi
- North Beach: 4.3 mi
- Surprise Beach: 4.4 mi
- Poet's Beach: 6.0 mi
- Lieser Point: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Waud Bluff: 0.9 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.5 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.6 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 8.3 mi
- Roy: 16.9 mi
- Greenville: 18.4 mi
- Thatcher: 19.8 mi
- Champoeg: 24.4 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 15.3 mi
- Fern Spring: 18.6 mi
- Oliver Spring: 20.0 mi
- Normandin Spring: 22.5 mi
- Giesy Spring: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 13.8 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 15.2 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 21.4 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.4 miles of McKenna Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Mountain | ENE 58° | 679 m | 20.5 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NW 314° | 649 m | 19.6 mi |
| Tater Hill | NW 314° | 618 m | 21.4 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | ENE 69° | 595 m | 18.9 mi |
| Spud Mountain | ENE 67° | 576 m | 19.7 mi |
| Rye Hill | NW 307° | 566 m | 18.1 mi |
| Bald Mountain | WNW 296° | 539 m | 20.9 mi |
| Bald Peak | SW 231° | 497 m | 20.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:44 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:18 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Bold Jumping Spider88 obs
- tree-of-heaven87 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle78 obs
- Red-flowering Currant75 obs
- Cross Orbweaver70 obs
- Oregon grape68 obs
- Oregon oak67 obs
- Pacific madrone64 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/33047112
Day trips start here
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 4 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 5 mi
- Portland · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 6 mi
- Beaverton · 7 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 7 mi
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