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Pier Park

Pier Park from directly overhead

Pier Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 3.7 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
Coordinates45.60291, -122.75474

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Garden 10: Physical Plant (North Parking Lot): 2.0 mi
  • Garden 13: Student Led Unity Garden (SLUG): 2.1 mi
  • Student Led Unity Garden (S.L.U.G.): 2.1 mi
  • Garden 12: N. Monteith Ave & N. Warren St.: 2.1 mi
  • Garden 14: Tyson Hall: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • The Broken Wall Memorial: 2.6 mi
  • William V. Owens Softball Complex: 3.7 mi
  • Rob Strasser Field: 3.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Plaza: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Cornell Mountain: 5.3 mi
  • Swede Hill: 6.0 mi
  • Elk Point: 6.2 mi
  • Council Crest: 7.5 mi
  • Rocky Point: 8.6 mi
Museums: 50
Picnic sites: 26
Waterfalls: 20
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 10.3 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 13.2 mi
  • Bonnie Falls: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 4.8 mi
  • North Beach: 5.1 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 7.8 mi
  • Tina Bar: 7.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Waud Bluff: 2.6 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 9.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.0 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.1 mi
  • Phantom Bluff: 13.8 mi
Ghost towns: 4
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • School District Spring: 15.9 mi
  • Fern Spring: 17.0 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 20.7 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Pier Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainENE 63°679 m20.8 mi
Green MountainWNW 298°676 m20.8 mi
Buck MountainNW 313°649 m17.8 mi
Tater HillNW 313°618 m19.6 mi
Livingston MountainENE 74°595 m19.4 mi
Spud MountainENE 72°576 m20.2 mi
Rye HillNW 305°566 m16.4 mi
Bald MountainWNW 293°539 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4519:24
June solstice05:2320:1921:05
September equinox06:5918:3119:10
December solstice07:4915:4116:31

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Blue Heron107 obs
  • Mallard102 obs
  • Great Egret95 obs
  • Coypu93 obs
  • Canada Goose88 obs
  • Bald Eagle84 obs
  • Song Sparrow79 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog77 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/94500300

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