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University Park

University Park from directly overhead

University Park is a park in Oregon, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Elkhorn Mountain stands 679 m to the east-northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is McCoy Park, a park 0.3 miles away. JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD passes 3.4 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
Coordinates45.58775, -122.71054

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Garden 18: Shipstead Hall: 1.2 mi
  • Garden 19: Praying Hands: 1.2 mi
  • Garden 16: Merlo Field Parking Lot: 1.2 mi
  • Garden 15: Chiles Center (West side): 1.3 mi
  • Garden 17: UP Bookstore: 1.3 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • The Broken Wall Memorial: 1.2 mi
  • Rob Strasser Field: 1.7 mi
  • William V. Owens Softball Complex: 1.7 mi
  • Peace Pole: 2.9 mi
  • Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Plaza: 3.0 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Museums: 52
Waterfalls: 28
  • Cedar Mill Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Jane Martin Waterfall: 8.3 mi
  • Knapp Falls: 11.0 mi
  • Jackson Falls: 11.2 mi
  • Pothole Falls: 14.9 mi
Picnic sites: 26
Beaches: 15
  • Lindbergh’s Beach: 2.4 mi
  • North Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Surprise Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Poet's Beach: 5.9 mi
  • Lieser Point: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Waud Bluff: 1.5 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.4 mi
  • Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.6 mi
  • Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 7.7 mi
  • Tegart Bluff: 12.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Rest areas: 4
Springs: 4
  • School District Spring: 14.1 mi
  • Fern Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Oliver Spring: 20.9 mi
  • Normandin Spring: 23.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Elkhorn MountainENE 57°679 m19.4 mi
Buck MountainNW 311°649 m20.1 mi
Livingston MountainENE 69°595 m17.7 mi
Spotted Deer MountainNE 52°594 m20.4 mi
Spud MountainENE 67°576 m18.6 mi
Rye HillNW 304°566 m18.8 mi
Dixie MountainNW 307°490 m12.9 mi
Red Slide HillWNW 294°473 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4419:23
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
  • Mallard153 obs
  • tree-of-heaven153 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider83 obs
  • Pacific madrone75 obs
  • Red-flowering Currant70 obs
  • Great Blue Heron65 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird64 obs
  • Gadwall64 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/143103098

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