Mount Sylvania
Mount Sylvania rises to 292 m in Oregon. Livingston Mountain stands 595 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Nansen Summit Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Vineyard and Valley passes 6.4 miles off. 59 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Mount Sylvania is an extinct volcano, part of the Boring Lava Field, on the outskirts of Portland, Oregon. Parts of the mountain are within the cities of Portland, Lake Oswego, and Tigard. The Sylvania campus of Portland Community College is located on the mountain's western slopes.
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Wikidata Q8522006, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 292 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Vineyard and Valley
- 15.6 mi off the Mount Hood, National
- 17.8 mi off the Historic Columbia River, National
- 21.0 mi off the Silver Falls
Overlooks nearby
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Crown point · 24 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kerr Natural Area: 0.3 mi
- Loll Wildwood Natural Area: 0.5 mi
- Ash Creek Natural Area: 0.9 mi
- Maricara Natural Area: 1.1 mi
- Foley-Balmer Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Nordic Finn Ware: 2.5 mi
- Nordia House: 2.5 mi
- Broder Söder: 2.5 mi
- Adrenaline Peak: 3.7 mi
- The Spider: 3.7 mi
- Nansen Summit Park: 0.0 mi
- McNary Park: 0.2 mi
- Sylvania Park: 0.6 mi
- Holly Farm Park: 0.7 mi
- Lesser Park: 0.7 mi
- Learning Garden: 0.6 mi
- West Portland Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Campbell Native Garden: 2.0 mi
- Saint Clare's Saint Francis Garden: 2.2 mi
- Frances Garden: 2.7 mi
- Iron Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Cooks Butte: 3.2 mi
- Council Crest: 4.2 mi
- Bull Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Sexton Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Gong: 0.5 mi
- The Nest: 1.8 mi
- Mobius: 2.4 mi
- Troll Ole Bolle: 2.5 mi
- Tigard Tulip: 2.7 mi
- Tryon Creek Nature Center: 2.2 mi
- 510 Museum & Art Space: 3.0 mi
- Portland Puppet Museum: 3.6 mi
- Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art: 5.4 mi
- USS Blueback: 5.5 mi
- Earnest C. Loll Memorial: 0.6 mi
- Multnomah: 2.1 mi
- Muhamad Saili Memorial Shelter: 2.3 mi
- Drs. H. Achmad Amins Memorial Tree: 2.3 mi
- Woodruff Bridge: 2.3 mi
- Stonesthrow Picnic and BBQ Area: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Area A: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area B: 7.3 mi
- Picnic Area C: 7.4 mi
- Picnic Area F: 7.4 mi
- Poet's Beach: 5.3 mi
- Lindbergh’s Beach: 8.1 mi
- North Beach: 12.0 mi
- Surprise Beach: 12.8 mi
- Lieser Point: 13.4 mi
- Jane Martin Waterfall: 5.1 mi
- Cedar Mill Falls: 7.2 mi
- Willamette Falls: 7.8 mi
- Singer Falls: 7.9 mi
- Coffee Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Phantom Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Waud Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Schwingus - Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.8 mi
- Rocky Butte Quarry: 10.9 mi
- Madrone Wall: 13.3 mi
- Fulton: 3.3 mi
- Champoeg: 15.6 mi
- Roy: 20.5 mi
- Greenville: 21.8 mi
- Thatcher: 22.1 mi
- Oliver Spring: 13.2 mi
- Giesy Spring: 14.9 mi
- spring w/concrete cover: 18.6 mi
- School District Spring: 20.1 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Southbound: 11.6 mi
- French Prairie Rest Area - Northbound: 11.8 mi
- Gee Creek Northbound Rest Area: 23.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mount Sylvania. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Livingston Mountain | NE 46° | 595 m | 23.9 mi |
| Spud Mountain | NE 45° | 576 m | 24.9 mi |
| Gales Peak | WNW 286° | 548 m | 24.7 mi |
| Bald Peak | W 260° | 497 m | 16.5 mi |
| Dixie Mountain | NNW 331° | 490 m | 20.5 mi |
| Highland Butte | SE 136° | 470 m | 19.4 mi |
| Little Baldy | NE 43° | 437 m | 22.8 mi |
| Ross Mountain | ENE 76° | 396 m | 24.3 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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/357306111
Day trips start here
- Lake Oswego · 3 mi
- Tigard · 3 mi
- Tualatin · 3 mi
- Milwaukie · 4 mi
- Beaverton · 5 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 6 mi
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