Park · Oregon
Rock Creek Park
Rock Creek Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. South Saddle Mountain stands 1,048 m to the west, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Evergreen Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Vineyard and Valley passes 2.4 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
How to reach it
Coordinates45.54877, -122.88302
- 2.4 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 10.4 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 18.4 mi off the JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND
- 22.5 mi off the Mount Hood, National
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Evergreen Park: 0.6 mi
- Rock Creek North Soccer Fields: 0.6 mi
- Bethany Lake Park: 0.7 mi
- Somerset West Swim Center/Park: 0.9 mi
- Orchard Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- Beaver Buddiies: 0.7 mi
- Elemental Sequence: 1.2 mi
- Seeds of Orenco: 1.9 mi
- Topographic Bison: 2.6 mi
- Holstein Cow: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Adams Wetlands Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Holcomb Creek: 1.0 mi
- Amberglen Townhouses: 1.0 mi
- Shadow Springs: 1.2 mi
- Ashland Park at Rock Creek Trail: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Education Garden: 1.6 mi
- Learning Garden: 1.6 mi
- Oregon Food Bank Learning Garden: 1.9 mi
- Nissho Iwai Gardens: 3.8 mi
- Howard Vollum Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
Attractions
- Historic Archibald McGill House: 1.8 mi
- Nike Swoosh: 3.4 mi
- LeBron Signature Totem: 3.6 mi
- Seb Coe: 3.7 mi
- Roloff Farm: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
- Mount Williams: 5.6 mi
- Cornell Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Swede Hill: 6.5 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 6.9 mi
Museums: 53
- Classic Aircraft Aviation Museum: 3.5 mi
- Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks and Minerals: 3.6 mi
- Vintage Tek: 4.8 mi
- Japanese Arts Learning Center: 8.7 mi
- The Freakybuttrue Peculiarium and Museum: 9.0 mi
Picnic sites: 25
- Picnic Shelter: 4.1 mi
- Shelter A: 10.2 mi
- The Love Garden Farm Stand: 10.6 mi
- Eagle Shelter: 11.4 mi
- Heron Shelter: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Cedar Mill Falls: 4.3 mi
- Jackson Falls: 5.8 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Knapp Falls: 16.6 mi
- Bonnie Falls: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 14
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 8.9 mi
- Poet's Beach: 10.7 mi
- Surprise Beach: 11.9 mi
- North Beach: 11.9 mi
- Reeder Beach: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Waud Bluff: 7.7 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.3 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.5 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 15.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Roy: 10.1 mi
- Fulton: 11.6 mi
- Greenville: 11.6 mi
- Thatcher: 12.5 mi
- Champoeg: 20.7 mi
Springs: 5
- Fern Spring: 14.2 mi
- Oliver Spring: 15.0 mi
- Normandin Spring: 15.5 mi
- Giesy Spring: 22.8 mi
- School District Spring: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 4
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 18.8 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 19.7 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 19.9 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 19.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.8 miles of Rock Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Saddle Mountain | W 270° | 1,048 m | 23.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 327° | 689 m | 19.8 mi |
| Green Mountain | NW 318° | 676 m | 18.2 mi |
| Buck Mountain | NNW 337° | 649 m | 17.3 mi |
| Bunker Hill | NNW 341° | 634 m | 22.7 mi |
| Tuttle Point | W 261° | 623 m | 22.2 mi |
| Tater Hill | NNW 335° | 618 m | 19.0 mi |
| Hoffman Hill | NW 316° | 614 m | 20.1 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 | 20:19 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:32 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:50 | 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 | 40 | 42 | 46 | 50 | 57 | 61 | 67 | 67 | 62 | 52 | 45 | 40 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 3.4 | 5.4 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland-hillsboro AP, 4 mi away.
- Mallard257 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco151 obs
- Red-winged Blackbird137 obs
- Oregon grape135 obs
- American Crow127 obs
- Cackling Goose124 obs
- Green-winged Teal111 obs
- American Robin109 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/151559596
Day trips start here
- Aloha · 4 mi
- Hillsboro · 5 mi
- Beaverton · 6 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 10 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Southwest · 10 mi
- Tigard · 10 mi
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