Mount Sylvania
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.Photo: Aboutmovies, Public domain.
- Type: Scenic viewpoint
- Description: extinct volcano in Portland, OR
- Also known as: “Mt. Sylvania”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Capitol Hill Library and Maricara Natural Area.
Capitol Hill Library
Library
Photo: Finetooth, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Capitol Hill Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in the West Portland Park neighborhood of Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials. Capitol Hill Library is situated 3,700 feet north of Mount Sylvania.
Barbur Boulevard Transit Center
Bus station
Photo: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Barbur Boulevard Transit Center is a TriMet transit center located at 9750 SW Barbur Boulevard, near the intersection with Capitol Highway in southwest Portland, Oregon. Barbur Boulevard Transit Center is situated 1¼ miles north of Mount Sylvania.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include West Portland Park and Far Southwest.
West Portland Park
Suburb
West Portland Park is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Portland, Oregon. It lies between SW 53rd Ave. in the west and SW 35th Ave. in the east, and I-5 in the north and SW Stephenson St. in the south.
Far Southwest
Suburb
Far Southwest is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Portland, Oregon. It is bordered on the west by I-5; on the north by I-5, SW Pasadena St, and SW Pomona St; on the east by SW 49th Ave. and Kerr Parkway; and on the south by SW Kruse Ridge Dr. and the southern border of the Portland Community College Sylvania Campus.
Arnold Creek
Suburb
Arnold Creek is a neighborhood in the Southwest section of Portland, Oregon, just north of the city of Lake Oswego and Clackamas County. It borders West Portland Park to the west, Markham and Marshall Park to the north, Collins View and Tryon Creek State Natural Area to the east, and Lake Oswego and the unincorporated Multnomah County enclave of Englewood to the south.
Mount Sylvania
- Categories: mountain, tourism, and peak
- Location: Multnomah, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
45.43816° or 45° 26′ 17″ northLongitude
-122.72211° or 122° 43′ 20″ westElevation
958 feet (292 metres)Named after
SilvanusOpen location code
84QVC7QH+75OpenStreetMap ID
node 357306111OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=viewpointWikidata ID
Q8522006
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Urdu—“Mount Sylvania” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Sylvania mendia”
- Cebuano: “Mount Sylvania (bukid sa Estados Unidos)”
- Cebuano: “Mount Sylvania”
- Chinese: “西爾瓦尼亞山”
- Dutch: “Mount Sylvania”
- Ladin: “Mount Sylvania”
- Urdu: “ماؤنٹ سیلوینیا”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nansen Summit Park and McNary Park.
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