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Bridlemile · District 4 · Large park · 12 acres
Albert Kelly Park
Developed parkPublic entry documented
The captured official page publishes visiting hours. Check the source for current closures. Public-entry status is separate from wheelchair accessibility.
Classification and evidence
Official page label: Park; Atlas classification rules. Classification: inferred.
Source captured: 2026-06-02. Human verification: Pending.
Check current official informationConfirm the inferred property type with PP&R.
Published activities: let my kids play, play on a field, and sit down to eat.
Hours
5am to midnight
Getting there
SW Dosch Road and Mitchell Street Portland, OR 97221
Dogs
Dogs on leash
Photo from the City's park pagePark history
This park was named for Albert Kelly, an early settler in Oregon. He was born in 1814, in Pulaski County, Kentucky. In 1848, Albert and three of his brothers set out for Oregon. He and brother Clinton got as far as Independence, Missouri, when Albert's livestock were scattered by a storm and lost. Clinton kept on going, but Albert turned back and delayed coming west until the following year.
Albert first scouted the area now known as Holladay Park, but was discouraged by the lack of a reliable supply of water. Later, he and Finice Caruthers explored the area west of the hills, and found it much more to his liking. Albert made his land claim and in 1850, he and his sons put up a cabin of logs and shakes, and moved into it just in time for the birth of his daughter Martha (later, Mrs. O.P.S. Plummer). Albert and his family farmed the land, and Albert served his church as a circuit-riding minister until his death in 1873.
The park came into being in 1956 when Mrs. Hildegarde Plummer Withers offered 9 acres of the family land to then Parks Superintendent Buckley - if it would be dedicated as a park and named after her grandfather, Albert Kelly. The offer was accepted, and for $25,000, the city of Portland took title to the land. Through a series of land swaps and changes in 1959, 1963 and 1965, the park was somewhat reshaped and enlarged to its present size of 12.8 acres.
From the City's page for this park.
Visitor amenities
Published amenities are checked separately from entry conditions. Each links to other documented locations; confirm current hours before visiting.
…stay a while
- sit down to eatPicnic table
…play
- let my kids playPlayground
…compete
- play on a fieldAny sport field
- play soccerSoccer or futsal field
…get here and move
- be in a parkAny park
- walk a soft pathUnpaved path
Potential additions to investigate
Passing the initial size-and-type screen is not a feasibility finding. Usable space, existing uses, habitat, public access, utilities, permission, construction costs, and ongoing maintenance funding require site-specific review. Missing acreage or uncertain classification remains unassessed.
Enabling assets recorded
- Youth drop-in — Free unstructured play with somewhere for adults to sit.
- Nature education — Environmental programs and guided walks.
One addition to investigate
- League play — needs restroom
- Summer water play — needs splash pad or wading pool or all swimming pools or interactive fountain
- All-weather indoor — needs indoor space or community center or arts or cultural center or gymnasium
Inventory-based screening only. Recorded assets do not establish opening hours, program staffing, permission, or operating funding. Potential additions require review of usable space, habitat, utilities, access, and ongoing maintenance. Unverified properties remain unassessed.
What else should this park let you do?
Something specific to this park — the thing you'd use it for if it were here.
Send an idea for this park →Through the year
Seasonal facilities and listings captured by the Atlas. These records do not measure attendance, utilization or all activity at the site.
Counts describe captured listings, not attendance or all activity. No listings captured does not mean the site is unused.
Winter
Dec–Feb
Dark by 5 and wet most days: cover, lighting, indoor rooms, and paths that drain.
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- walk a soft path
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fewest modeled facilities
Spring
Mar–May
Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.
- let my kids play
- play on a field
- play soccer
- walk a soft path
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Summer
Jun–Aug
Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- play on a field
- play soccer
- walk a soft path
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fall
Sep–Nov
Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.
- play on a field
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- play soccer
- walk a soft path
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
What the record holds here, by season
| Season | Programs | Recurring events | One-time |
|---|---|---|---|
Winter Dec–Feb Not yet published | — | — | — |
Spring Mar–May Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Summer Jun–Aug Recorded from 2026-06-11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fall Sep–Nov Recorded through 2026-10; 1 month still to come | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Our reading of the calendar
Which facilities count as in season is our model of Portland's year (splash pads and wading pools in summer; fields, gardens and interactive fountains spring through fall; everything else year-round) — not the City's schedule. Check posted hours for pools, splash pads, and restrooms. From 16 weekly catalog snapshots (2026-06-11 to 2026-10-12). "Programs" are distinct titles; "sections" are the catalog's individual records — a swim level at one time slot for one week is one section. Complete through 2026-10; later months fill in as registration opens. Winter counts fill in when winter registration opens.
What's on
No current listings were captured and matched to this property. This does not establish that no activity takes place. See the citywide calendar and programs.
Reserve at Albert Kelly Park
This park has facilities you can reserve. Booking happens on the city's official systems — every link below goes straight there.
Partners & friends
The whole ecosystemOpportunity signal
No known partner is currently linked to Albert Kelly Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.
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How it's holding up
The City's own inventory of what is here and the condition it last recorded for each item. Dates are the source's; old dates mean no newer public assessment, not that nothing has happened since. Historical project estimates appear below; they are separate from these condition records.
Historical cost profile · 2023 reporting
Albert Kelly Park
$1.6M
6 distinct source rows. Proposed repair and improvement costs, not a current funding gap.
All-in annual service cost: Not established
Current remaining repair cost: Not verified
What the estimates cover
Bridges & retaining walls$817.8K
Courts, fields & golf$633.1K
Parking & site infrastructure$95.2K
Play & gathering$20.8K
Categories are Atlas labels based on project titles. Expansion and new provision are included where proposed; a project can include several kinds of work.
The work, cost & reason (6 source rows)
Bridge Replacement$817,755
Asset as named in source: Albert Kelly Park
Natural Area: Trail renovation at bridge area, bridge replacement with a longer spanning wooden bridge (approx 30-40') to move the bridge ends further from the creek, removal of an existing culvert currently in the stream under the bridge.
KGW table row 6. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Renovate and add irrigation$539,826
Asset as named in source: Not specified
-Renovate and improve; new paths, improved fields, add irrigation -Build new paths to connect activity areas, install curb cuts; improve ADA access to sports field. Improve soccer fields and add irrigation.
KGW table row 8. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Sports Field Improvements$93,233
Asset as named in source: Albert Kelly Park
Improve ADA access to sports field. Improve soccer fields and add irrigation. Replaces 1949A (projects broken out.)
KGW table row 5. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Evaluate and repair land slide stabilization$59,967
Asset as named in source: Albert Kelly Park
SE Kelly Park land slide stabilization
KGW table row 7. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Rain Waterflow into neighbors properties$35,281
Asset as named in source: Albert Kelly Park
Problem: Rain Waterflow into the properties of neighbors in west side of the park. Solution: install a runoff diversion soil berm along the fence line on the west side of the park. The length of the soil berm line is about 360 ft. The height of the berm is 12 in and the width is 20-24 in. For more detail contact Faiz Al Dulaimi
KGW table row 9. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Playground Swingset Replacement (includes ADA Swin$20,845
Asset as named in source: Albert Kelly Park
Replace older swing sets at several parks. Includes adding ADA swing set, improved ADA access, proper footprint sizing. These swing sets are deteriorating and are beyond their useful life.Note that these improvements could trigger the requirement to bring other aspects of the park up to ADA.
KGW table row 10. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗4 of 25 assessed built records are rated poor or very bad in the separate condition dataset. Condition ratings do not determine these dollar estimates.
Source: KGW’s November 2023 table. Current status, remaining scope and funding are unverified. Exact duplicate rows count once; other scope overlaps remain unresolved.
Compare repair estimates across parks →Annual service · FY 2026–27 adopted
A complete annual cost is not yet available.
This property has no named account linked in the public budget extract. Shared crews and citywide programs may still fund its care.
Later budget supplements and unallocated shared services are not included.
Annual breakdown & district context →District picture · District 4
This park in the district picture
The same public records, read the same way for every property, so this park can be set next to its district. Each figure keeps its own source and date. “Not available” means the source has no record for this property. It is not a zero.
People nearby
- Residents within a half mile
- 4,933
- Households within a half mile
- 2,095
2020 Census blocks whose centre point lies within a half mile of the park boundary, measured in a straight line. Residents, not visitors. Blocks outside the city limits count.
Recorded backlog
- Open backlog IDs
- 9
- Closed backlog IDs
- 0
Records in the PP&R backlog map workbook that name this property. The workbook publishes no cost field, so these are counts of records, not dollars.
Active capital projects
- Active geocoded projects
- 0
Geocoded PP&R capital projects at this property, a subset of the full capital program. The cost is the published estimated total project cost, not spending to date.
Who is on record
No partner agreement on record
The department-provided directory names no agreement here. Friends groups without a formal agreement are not captured.
From the department-provided partnership directory. It records what is on paper, not who does each task.
Condition across all assets
Citywide condition atlasAcross 25 assessed assets at this park, 16% are in poor or very-bad condition (rated 4–5). Pooled from the City's public assessment layers — buildings, bridges, playgrounds, courts, fields, fences, paths and amenities.
This count comes from the City's rated asset layers; the “Public assets” list below is a separate furnishings inventory, so its items and scores are counted separately and the two totals need not match.
Good · 1Above fair · 7Fair · 13Poor · 3Very bad · 1
Assessed asset families here
Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Bridges2021Fences2022Pathways & trailsPlayground equipment2020Sport fields
Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); no score means not yet assessed and is excluded. Park trees are inventoried separately and not counted here. These assessment records do not contain repair costs. Historical project estimates are shown separately.
Repair ledger
Public data does not currently flag repair candidates for this park. Additional PP&R maintenance exports can be added without changing the page structure.
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Send a condition note →Public assets
All 7Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.
Permanent Bollard×3
223
Permanent Trash Can×2
32
Bench×1
2
Picnic Table×1
3
Official Portland.gov profile
From the City's park page
Albert Kelly Park on Portland.gov
This page contains information about Albert Kelly Park in Portland, Oregon.
Albert Kelly Park is in the southwest corner of the Bridlemile neighborhood in Southwest Portland. It's a mix of open fields, shady woods, and quiet trails. At just over 12 acres, this is a great place to play, explore, or just enjoy the outdoors.
The park has a large sports field that sits on a hill and is used for soccer, lacrosse, and more by the community. Families can enjoy the playground, which almost feels hidden since it's surrounded by tall trees. Picnic tables provide space to gather for snacks or meals, and unpaved paths invite you to take a short walk through the wooded areas.
Nature is part of the charm here. You’ll find Northwest native plants and trees like maples, birches, and cedars throughout the park. A creek runs through one slope, adding to the peaceful feel and attracting birds and other small wildlife.
City label
Park
Year acquired
1956
Official acres
12.086
City section
SW
Neighborhood
Bridlemile
Hours
Park hours: 5am to midnight
Amenities and activities
Picnic tablePlaygroundPaths (unpaved)Soccer field
All dogs must be leashed in this park.
This page, on a sign
The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →
https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/albert-kelly-park-48?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_48
Where this comes from
Facilities from the City's amenity pages and asset layers; hours, photo, and history from the City's park page; programs and events from its catalogs; condition from PortlandMaps public records. Where the City publishes nothing, this page says so instead of guessing.