Ridgecrest Park
Ridgecrest Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Buck Mountain stands 649 m to the north-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Holland Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 3.7 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 12.9 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 18.9 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 19.2 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 26 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 27 mi
- Crown point · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Holland Park: 0.3 mi
- Fanno Creek Greenway: 0.5 mi
- La Raíz Park: 0.5 mi
- Fanno Farmhouse Park: 0.6 mi
- Taliesen Park: 0.6 mi
- Wake Robin Wetlands Natural Area: 0.6 mi
- Koll Center Wetlands Natural Area: 0.8 mi
- Hyland Woods Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Fanno Creek Trail: 1.0 mi
- Fanno Creek Trail: 1.1 mi
- Insignia: 0.8 mi
- Singing Sky: 1.3 mi
- Water Liliies: 1.5 mi
- Two Blondes and a Red Head: 1.5 mi
- I Don't Want to Talk About It: 1.5 mi
- Fallen Heroes: 1.1 mi
- Beaverton Arbor Week 2005: 1.4 mi
- Bank of Beaverton: 1.5 mi
- Beaver Theatre: 1.6 mi
- Dr. F. M. Robinson House: 1.6 mi
- Broder Söder: 1.8 mi
- Nordia House: 1.8 mi
- Nordic Finn Ware: 1.8 mi
- LA Swoosh: 3.2 mi
- Seb Coe: 3.4 mi
- Howard Vollum Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
- Eden Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Frances Garden: 2.9 mi
- Raleigh Park School Garden: 2.9 mi
- Nissho Iwai Gardens: 3.3 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Mount Williams: 2.1 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Bull Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Swede Hill: 4.1 mi
- Vintage Tek: 2.4 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 5.8 mi
- Tryon Creek Nature Center: 6.3 mi
- Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: 6.5 mi
- Portland Art Museum: 6.7 mi
- Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 6.3 mi
- The Love Garden Farm Stand: 8.0 mi
- Picnic Area A: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area B: 9.2 mi
- Picnic Area F: 9.3 mi
- Cedar Mill Falls: 4.3 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Knapp Falls: 11.8 mi
- Willamette Falls: 11.8 mi
- Singer Falls: 12.0 mi
- Poet's Beach: 6.9 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 7.8 mi
- North Beach: 12.1 mi
- Surprise Beach: 12.6 mi
- Lieser Point: 14.3 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Waud Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.8 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.9 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 12.9 mi
- Fulton: 6.3 mi
- Champoeg: 15.7 mi
- Roy: 16.3 mi
- Greenville: 17.5 mi
- Thatcher: 17.8 mi
- Oliver Spring: 11.5 mi
- Giesy Spring: 16.5 mi
- Normandin Spring: 21.1 mi
- Fern Spring: 21.2 mi
- School District Spring: 21.8 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 13.3 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 13.5 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 22.5 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ridgecrest Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Mountain | NNW 334° | 649 m | 24.2 mi |
| Rye Hill | NNW 330° | 566 m | 22.0 mi |
| Gales Peak | WNW 284° | 548 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bald Mountain | NW 318° | 539 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bald Peak | WSW 249° | 497 m | 13.3 mi |
| Dixie Mountain | NNW 340° | 490 m | 17.2 mi |
| Red Slide Hill | NW 320° | 473 m | 21.9 mi |
| Highland Butte | SE 132° | 470 m | 23.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:45 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 20:18 | 21:04 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:31 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:49 | 15:42 | 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 | 42 | 44 | 48 | 52 | 58 | 62 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 54 | 46 | 41 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beaverton 2 SSW, 1 mi away.
- Mallard371 obs
- Great Blue Heron219 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe200 obs
- Great Egret181 obs
- Canada Goose163 obs
- Gadwall163 obs
- American Coot150 obs
- Song Sparrow134 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/129896302
Day trips start here
- Beaverton · 2 mi
- Tigard · 3 mi
- Tualatin · 3 mi
- Aloha · 4 mi
- Lake Oswego · 7 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 7 mi
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