Park · Oregon
Montavilla Park
Montavilla Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Vestal Community Garden, a garden 0.2 miles away. Mount Hood passes 7.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates45.52787, -122.57822
- 7.7 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 8.3 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 9.8 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 10.7 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Crown point · 16 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 17 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Vestal Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Garden of Peace: 1.5 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.5 mi
- Mt. Tabor Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.7 mi
Parks
- Hancock Park: 0.7 mi
- Rosemont Bluff Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Berrydale Park: 1.0 mi
- Glenhaven Park: 1.1 mi
- Gateway Discovery Park: 1.2 mi
Artworks
- Jade's Jewel Intersection Painting: 1.3 mi
- Stone Cloud: 1.5 mi
- Unity 2: 1.5 mi
- Neighborhood in Motion: 1.5 mi
- The Reader: 1.5 mi
Peaks
- Mount Tabor: 1.3 mi
- Rocky Butte: 1.4 mi
- Kelly Butte: 2.3 mi
- Powell Butte: 4.6 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
- T-Rex Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Peace Pole: 1.7 mi
- Vernon Ross Veterans Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Laurelhurst Park: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Johnson Lake Natural Area: 2.8 mi
- Copper Mountain Property: 3.3 mi
- Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge: 3.6 mi
- Wilkes Creek Headwaters Natural Area: 3.7 mi
- Cross Levee Natural Area: 3.8 mi
Waterfalls: 60
- Knapp Falls: 4.1 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 4.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 8.4 mi
- Pothole Falls: 9.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 10.1 mi
Attractions
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 4.4 mi
- Portland Spirit: 4.4 mi
- Bill Naito Legacy Fountain: 4.5 mi
- Williamette Jetboat Excursions: 4.5 mi
- Portland Walking Tours: 4.6 mi
Museums: 52
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 1.3 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 2.6 mi
- Architectural Heritage Center: 4.1 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 4.3 mi
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Area B: 1.1 mi
- Picnic Area A: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area D: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Area E: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 2.4 mi
Beaches: 14
- Poet's Beach: 4.7 mi
- Lieser Point: 5.4 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 6.1 mi
- North Beach: 6.3 mi
- Swim beach: 6.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 1.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 1.7 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 1.7 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 5.8 mi
- Waud Bluff: 7.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Fulton: 6.0 mi
- Latourell: 17.5 mi
- Bridal Veil: 19.7 mi
- Champoeg: 24.7 mi
- Roy: 24.8 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 10.8 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 19.2 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 22.2 mi
- Oliver Spring: 22.4 mi
- Giesy Spring: 23.1 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 17.8 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 19.4 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 20.0 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 20.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Ed's Trail Arch: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Montavilla Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larch Mountain | NE 46° | 1,057 m | 18.9 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | NE 34° | 679 m | 17.7 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 90° | 655 m | 19.6 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NE 44° | 595 m | 14.6 mi |
| Spotted Deer Mountain | NNE 30° | 594 m | 19.3 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 43° | 576 m | 15.6 mi |
| Dixie Mountain | NW 305° | 490 m | 20.5 mi |
| Biddle Butte | ENE 78° | 447 m | 18.3 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 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven391 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco224 obs
- white clover198 obs
- Red Clover166 obs
- fringe cups142 obs
- American Robin141 obs
- bigleaf maple140 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider140 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/107666696
Day trips start here
- Portland · 3 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 3 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 4 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 5 mi
- Milwaukie · 6 mi
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