Mount Scott
Mount Scott rises to 332 m in Oregon. Lookout Point stands 802 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Altamont Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Mount Hood passes 7.4 miles off.
The story
Mount Scott is a volcanic cinder cone with its summit in Clackamas County, Oregon. The summit rises to an elevation of 1,091 feet (333 m). It is part of the Boring Lava Field, a zone of ancient volcanic activity in the area around Portland, and was named for Harvey W. Scott, a 19th and 20th century editor of The Oregonian newspaper. who owned 335 acres (136 ha) on the north and west slopes of the hill. Mt. Scott was home to a "perpetual" cross burning by Oregon's Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. Automotive parades of hooded Klan members were common in Southeast Portland. The mountain is developed, with most of its southern flank within the city of Happy Valley, Oregon. The Willamette National Cemetery is located on the northeastern slope of the mountain, which is partially in Multnomah County.
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Wikidata Q1924483, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 332 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 9.6 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 13.4 mi off the JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD
- 13.9 mi off the JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 14 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 15 mi
- Crown point · 16 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Altamont Park: 0.5 mi
- PlayHaven Park: 1.0 mi
- Ella V. Osterman Park: 1.1 mi
- Rebstock Park: 1.1 mi
- Southern Lites Park: 1.4 mi
- Happy Valley Nature Park: 0.9 mi
- Veterans Creek Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Cottonwood Creek Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Indian Creek Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Foster Floodplain Natural Area: 1.4 mi
- Mount Talbert: 1.9 mi
- Scouters Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Clatsop Butte: 2.5 mi
- Kelly Butte: 3.1 mi
- Powell Butte: 3.2 mi
- Jesus: 2.0 mi
- The Grand Calabash: 3.8 mi
- The Reader: 3.8 mi
- Unity 2: 3.8 mi
- Stone Cloud: 3.9 mi
- Lents Community Garden: 2.3 mi
- Portland Memory Garden: 2.8 mi
- Learning Gardens Laboratory: 2.9 mi
- Multnomah County Master Gardener Demonstration Garden: 2.9 mi
- Yamane-Bose Food Forest: 3.0 mi
- Robert Delgado memorial: 2.6 mi
- Heart Beacon: 2.8 mi
- Shotwell Memorial: 4.0 mi
- Liberty: 5.1 mi
- Clifford Stocker Memorial Parkside: 5.2 mi
- Bob's Red Mill - World Headquarters: 2.8 mi
- Pickathon Music Festival / Pendarvis Farm: 3.0 mi
- Crystal Springs Rhododendron Gardens: 4.5 mi
- The Spider: 5.5 mi
- Disk'O: 5.5 mi
- Oregon Military Museum: 3.0 mi
- Zymoglyphic Museum: 5.0 mi
- Portland Puppet Museum: 5.2 mi
- 510 Museum & Art Space: 6.0 mi
- Tryon Creek Nature Center: 6.2 mi
- Knapp Falls: 1.1 mi
- Hidden Falls: 3.5 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 4.5 mi
- Singer Falls: 7.2 mi
- Willamette Falls: 7.9 mi
- Picnic Area B: 4.6 mi
- Picnic Area A: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Area C: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Area D: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Area E: 5.9 mi
- Madrone Wall: 6.3 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.5 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.6 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 6.8 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Poet's Beach: 6.9 mi
- Swim beach: 8.4 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 9.9 mi
- Sandy River Beach: 10.2 mi
- Lieser Point: 10.6 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 14.1 mi
- School District Spring: 14.4 mi
- Giesy Spring: 19.4 mi
- Oliver Spring: 21.1 mi
- Wahkeena Spring: 22.1 mi
- Fulton: 6.0 mi
- Latourell: 17.2 mi
- Bridal Veil: 19.6 mi
- Champoeg: 22.0 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 16.6 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 16.7 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 23.0 mi
- Gee Creek Southbound Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Mount Scott. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Point | E 84° | 802 m | 20.6 mi |
| Walker Peak | E 86° | 736 m | 20.4 mi |
| Pepper Mountain | ENE 74° | 655 m | 18.9 mi |
| Lenhart Butte | ESE 111° | 638 m | 20.0 mi |
| Livingston Mountain | NNE 30° | 595 m | 17.9 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NNE 30° | 576 m | 18.9 mi |
| Angel's Rest | ENE 68° | 484 m | 20.7 mi |
| Highland Butte | SSE 161° | 470 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:44 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:22 | 20:17 | 21:03 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:30 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:48 | 15:41 | 16:30 |
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 | 43 | 45 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 65 | 71 | 71 | 65 | 56 | 47 | 42 |
| Precip in | 6.5 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 6.7 | 7.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oregon City, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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Day trips start here
- Milwaukie · 4 mi
- Gladstone · 5 mi
- Gresham · 6 mi
- Lake Oswego · 6 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 6 mi
- Oregon City · 7 mi
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