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Rose City Park

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Rose City Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Larch Mountain stands 1,057 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Jade's Jewel Intersection Painting, a artwork 0.1 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 7.2 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Portland Parks & Recreation

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Getting there

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Coordinates45.53878, -122.59800

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Bill Naito Legacy Fountain: 3.7 mi
  • Portland Walking Tours: 3.7 mi
  • Portland Spirit: 3.9 mi
  • Williamette Jetboat Excursions: 4.0 mi
  • Portland Spirit Dock: 4.0 mi
Museums: 53
  • Zymoglyphic Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Hellenic-American Cultural Center & Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Architectural Heritage Center: 3.4 mi
  • Portland Fire & Rescue Historic Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Oregon Maritime Museum: 3.7 mi
Waterfalls: 52
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 4.5 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Hidden Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Pothole Falls: 10.3 mi
Picnic sites: 25
  • Picnic Area A: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area D: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area B: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area E: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Area F: 1.8 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Poet's Beach: 4.2 mi
  • Lieser Point: 4.7 mi
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 5.0 mi
  • North Beach: 5.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 6.1 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 1.8 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 1.8 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 1.8 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 6.6 mi
  • Waud Bluff: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Springs: 5
  • School District Spring: 10.9 mi
  • spring w/concrete cover: 20.3 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 22.1 mi
  • Wahkeena Spring: 23.0 mi
  • Giesy Spring: 23.4 mi
Rest areas: 4
Natural arches: 1
  • Ed's Trail Arch: 22.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Rose City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Larch MountainNE 50°1,057 m19.1 mi
Elkhorn MountainNE 38°679 m17.6 mi
Pepper MountainE 92°655 m20.6 mi
Livingston MountainNE 49°595 m14.8 mi
Spotted Deer MountainNNE 34°594 m19.2 mi
Spud MountainNE 48°576 m15.8 mi
Dixie MountainNW 305°490 m19.3 mi
Biddle ButteE 81°447 m19.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4419:23
June solstice05:2220:1821:04
September equinox06:5818:3119:10
December solstice07:4815:4116:30

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F414448535963697064554741
Precip in6.04.54.63.62.82.00.70.61.74.06.37.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portland WFO, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • tree-of-heaven354 obs
  • Mallard278 obs
  • white clover224 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco171 obs
  • Cross Orbweaver163 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider162 obs
  • American Crow156 obs
  • Red Clover146 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/134981474

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