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Northgate Park

Northgate Park from directly overhead

Northgate Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 31 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is New Columbia Pocket Park, a park 0.4 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 3.5 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
Coordinates45.59015, -122.72550

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG): 1.0 mi
  • Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.): 1.0 mi
  • Garden 14: Tyson Hall: 1.0 mi
  • Garden 12: N. Monteith Ave & N. Warren St.: 1.0 mi
  • Garden 10: Physical Plant (North Parking Lot): 1.0 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • The Broken Wall Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Rob Strasser Field: 2.3 mi
  • William V. Owens Softball Complex: 2.3 mi
  • Peace Pole: 3.2 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Plaza: 3.4 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Museums: 54
Picnic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 24
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.8 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Pothole Falls: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.8 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 3.8 mi
  • North Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 6.3 mi
  • Lieser Point: 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • Waud Bluff: 1.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.1 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.3 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 8.4 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • School District Spring: 14.8 mi
  • Fern Spring: 18.7 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 22.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.0 miles of Northgate Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainENE 59°679 m20.0 mi
Buck MountainNW 312°649 m19.5 mi
Livingston MountainENE 70°595 m18.3 mi
Spotted Deer MountainNE 53°594 m20.9 mi
Spud MountainENE 68°576 m19.2 mi
Rye HillNW 305°566 m18.1 mi
Bald PeakSW 230°497 m20.9 mi
Dixie MountainNW 308°490 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:24
June solstice05:2320:1821:04
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414347525863696964544641
Precip in5.33.83.92.92.51.60.40.51.43.45.56.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Vancouver Pearson AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard193 obs
  • tree-of-heaven101 obs
  • Great Blue Heron97 obs
  • Bald Eagle95 obs
  • Song Sparrow92 obs
  • Northern Shoveler90 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider89 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle83 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/33068459

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