Park · Oregon
Mount Scott Park
Mount Scott Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the north-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Arleta Triangle, a park 0.1 miles away. Mount Hood passes 8.5 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
How to reach it
Coordinates45.48131, -122.58812
- 8.5 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 10.8 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 11.0 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 13.4 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 16 mi
- Crown point · 17 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Arleta Triangle: 0.1 mi
- Laurelwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Brentwood Park: 0.8 mi
- Kern Park: 0.9 mi
- Flavel Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Lents Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Multnomah County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 0.9 mi
- Learning Gardens Laboratory: 0.9 mi
- Kirkland Union Manor Senior Garden: 1.2 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- Robert Delgado memorial: 1.1 mi
- Heart Beacon: 1.6 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 3.1 mi
- Laurelhurst Park: 3.4 mi
- T-Rex Memorial: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Cottonwood Creek Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Veterans Creek Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 1.8 mi
- Beggars-Tick Wildlife Refuge: 1.8 mi
Artworks
- Creston Community Convergence Intersection Painting: 1.6 mi
- The Reader: 1.7 mi
- The Grand Calabash: 1.7 mi
- Unity 2: 1.8 mi
- Stone Cloud: 1.8 mi
Peaks
- Kelly Butte: 2.0 mi
- Mount Tabor: 2.2 mi
- Mount Scott: 2.6 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 4.0 mi
- Powell Butte: 4.1 mi
Attractions
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 2.3 mi
- Rock & Roll: 3.6 mi
- Cosmic Crash: 3.6 mi
- Herschell–Spillman Noah's Ark Carousel: 3.6 mi
- Disk'O: 3.6 mi
Museums: 51
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 2.6 mi
- Portland Puppet Museum: 3.6 mi
- Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 3.8 mi
- Oregon Rail Heritage Center: 4.0 mi
- Oregon Museum of Science and Industry: 4.2 mi
Waterfalls: 40
- Knapp Falls: 1.6 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 2.3 mi
- Hidden Falls: 6.1 mi
- Singer Falls: 8.6 mi
- Willamette Falls: 9.1 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Area B: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Area A: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area C: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area D: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 13
- Poet's Beach: 4.4 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.4 mi
- Swim beach: 8.3 mi
- Lieser Point: 8.6 mi
- North Beach: 9.0 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.8 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 4.9 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 5.0 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Tegart Bluff: 7.9 mi
Springs: 5
- School District Spring: 13.6 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 16.6 mi
- Giesy Spring: 20.0 mi
- Oliver Spring: 20.3 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 23.3 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Fulton: 4.1 mi
- Latourell: 18.4 mi
- Bridal Veil: 20.7 mi
- Champoeg: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 4
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 17.0 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 17.1 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 20.8 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Mount Scott Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elkhorn Mountain | NNE 30° | 679 m | 20.7 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | E 81° | 655 m | 20.3 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NE 38° | 595 m | 17.3 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 37° | 576 m | 18.4 mi |
| Highland Butte | SSE 157° | 470 m | 18.3 mi |
| Biddle Butte | ENE 69° | 447 m | 19.7 mi |
| Little Baldy | NNE 33° | 437 m | 16.4 mi |
| Pohls Hill | ENE 58° | 410 m | 20.5 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 | 21:03 |
| 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 | 42 | 45 | 48 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 69 | 70 | 65 | 55 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 4.0 | 6.6 | 7.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland Kgw-tv, 6 mi away.
- tree-of-heaven1,378 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider191 obs
- Western Honey Bee161 obs
- Cross Orbweaver159 obs
- Gray Hairstreak128 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle124 obs
- American Crow105 obs
- Black-tailed Bumble Bee100 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/32356611
Day trips start here
- Milwaukie · 3 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 3 mi
- Portland · 4 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 5 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 5 mi
- Lake Oswego · 6 mi
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