Colonel Summers Park
Colonel Summers Park is a city park in the Buckman of southeast Portland, Oregon, USA. Its operator is Portland Parks & Recreation. A short trip away is Moda Center, 1.5 mi off.
A garden inside Portland
You can stay in Portland
Colonel Summers Park is inside Portland, which has 257 places to stay, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓
Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct
May, June, July, August, September and October are the mild months, with highs of 64–82°. When to go ↓
An airport 6 miles away
Portland (PDX) has airline service, about 6 miles from Colonel Summers Park.
Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures, Wikidata and Wikipedia.
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Colonel Summers Park
Colonel Summers Park is a city park in the Buckman of southeast Portland, Oregon, USA. The park was created in 1921 and was originally called Belmont Park for Belmont Street which runs east–west on its boundary. In 1938, it was renamed in honor of Colonel Owen Summers who, as an Oregon legislator, introduced a bill that combined the state militia units into the Oregon National Guard. Summers was the commanding officer of a volunteer regiment in the Spanish–American War, which served in forty-two engagements during the war. The park includes recreation areas and a community garden added in 1975.
- Type
- Garden
- Area
- 6.0 acres
- Run by
- Portland Parks & Recreation
Rooms near Colonel Summers Park
The nearest towns with places to stay are Portland (257) and Vancouver (40).
Compare 8 towns
| Town | From Colonel Summers Park | Drive | Places to stay | People | Typical home | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portland | in town | — | 257 182 hotels · 31 motels · 19 inns & B&Bs · 11 lodges & cabins · 3 hostels · 5 campgrounds · 6 RV parks | 635,109 | $582K | D− |
| Vancouver | 9 mi north | 15 min | 40 33 hotels · 2 motels · 2 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 1 campground | 199,698 | $462K | D |
| Gresham | 10 mi east | 15 min | 21 15 hotels · 2 motels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground · 1 RV park | 111,513 | $459K | C− |
| Beaverton | 9 mi west | 15 min | 17 16 hotels · 1 inn or B&B | 97,842 | $570K | C− |
| Hillsboro | 14 mi west | 20 min | 23 20 hotels · 1 motel · 2 inns & B&Bs | 111,126 | $521K | C− |
| Tigard | 9 mi southwest | 15 min | 12 11 hotels · 1 lodge or cabins | 57,929 | $611K | D |
| Oatfield | 8 mi south | 10 min | 10 8 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins | 13,294 | $569K | — |
| Lake Oswego | 8 mi south | 10 min | 9 7 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 campground | 39,722 | $932K | B |
Getting there
Nearest airports with airline service
Close to Colonel Summers Park
Places worth adding lie within 53 miles.
Big draw52 mi MountainMount St. Helens
1in town Stadium & arenaModa Center
22 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
Big draw47 mi MountainMount Hood
326 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
42 mi Stadium & arenaVeterans Memorial Coliseum
53 mi MuseumPittock Mansion
65 mi City parkForest ParkPhoto credits
Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Hood: Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory., Public domain · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Colonel Summers Park, answered
Is Colonel Summers Park in Portland?
Yes. It’s inside Portland, OR.
When is the best time to visit Colonel Summers Park?
May, June, July, August, September and October, with highs of 64–82°.
What is the closest airport to Colonel Summers Park?
Portland (PDX), about 6 miles away.
Where should I stay near Colonel Summers Park?
Portland (in town, 257 places to stay), Vancouver (9 mi, 40 places to stay) and Gresham (10 mi, 21 places to stay).
Notes from people in Portland
No one has shared advice yet; Portland’s Town Square takes questions.
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · NOAA climate normals · U.S. Census.