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Area/Range |
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Activities:
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Hiking |
Elevation:
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1010 ft / 308 m |
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Overview
Downtown Portland and the Tualatin Mountains behind the skyline.
Tualatin Mountains
Picture of Portland from the Tram which goes up the Tulatin Mountains.
To the west part of the Portland area lies the Tualatin Mountains. These are the highest elevations in the park and they generally range in elevation from 800 to 1270 which is Cornell Mountain. Cornell Mountain, like many of the other high-points in the Tualatin Mountains, are on private property. Therefore it is strongly suggested not to go these summits. There is what looks to be two exceptions to this area Pittock Hill and Council Crest. Each is supposed to have excellent views of Portland, Mount Hood and Mount Saint Helens.
Boring Lava Field Cinder Cones and Shield Volcanoes
 View from Powell Butte |  Giant foggy trees of Mount Talbert |
Toward the eastern part of the city lies a group of cinder cones and shield volcanoes from the Boring Lava Field. Many of the these summits which are legal are presently written up on Summitpost, including Mount Talbert, Powell Butte, Kelly Butte, Mount Tabor, and Rocky Butte. Broughton Bluff is lies within the eastern border of the Greater Portland area is home to excellent rock climbing. Scouters Mountain also has great views and is a nice park in the region. All that is mentioned in this paragraph are legal to access and are either Nature Parks or State Park. There are many other cinder cone and shield volcanoes here as well. However like the Tulatin Mountains on the other side there either private property or questionable access.
 Castle like formation on Rocky Butte |  Looking at the Columbia River |
 Kelly Butte view |  The view west |
7 Mountains & Rocks