Arbor Lodge · District 2 · Mid-size park · 8.7 acres

Arbor Lodge 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.

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Published activities: let my kids play, let my dog run, and play on a field.

Hours

5:00am-midnight

Getting there

N Bryant Street and Delaware Avenue Portland, OR 97217

Dogs

Off-leash area here

Access

Accessible restroom

Photo from the City's park page

Park history

Created by artist Peter Helzer in 1996, Alligator and Otter is a small bronze statue of two animal characters fresh from a summer swim. A plaque with the artist's statement reads: "This sculpture is for all who enjoy the simple pleasures of a beautiful Oregon day. May it serve to remind us of good friends, good times, and good memories." The sculpture was relocated with the Harper’s Playground project to a new boulder home by the sand and water play area.

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

use a restroomRestroom
use an accessible restroomAccessible restroom
sit down to eatPicnic table

…play

let my kids playPlayground
let every kid playAccessible play area

…compete

play on a courtAny sport court
play tennisTennis court
play on a fieldAny sport field
play soccerSoccer or futsal field
play ballBaseball or softball

…get here and move

be in a parkAny park
walk or roll on pavementPaved path

…bring my dog

let my dog runDog off-leash area

…remember and belong

see public artPublic art
reach an emergency nodeEmergency BEECN node

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

Evening use — Programming after dusk — leagues, classes, walks.
League play — Organized sport seasons.
Youth drop-in — Free unstructured play with somewhere for adults to sit.
Nature education — Environmental programs and guided walks.
Markets & festivals — Vendor events and neighborhood festivals.

One addition to investigate

Gatherings & events — needs stage or amphitheater or plaza or terrace
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.

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School grounds nearby

Public school grounds within a half mile, by straight line. What is listed is what OpenStreetMap mappers have recorded, not an inventory. The district sets public access.

Chief Joseph Elementary · Portland Public Schools · 3 acres
0.1 mi
On record: 2 baseball pitchs, 2 four square pitchs, 1 track, 1 basketball pitch, 1 playground, 1 tetherball pitch. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: basketball court, running track.

Beyond parks explains what opening a school ground would take.

School grounds: Metro RLIS. Features inside them: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

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.

use a restroom
walk or roll on pavement
use an accessible restroom
sit down to eat
be in a park
let my kids play
+6 more
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- play tennis
- let my dog run
- see public art
- reach an emergency node

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
play ball
use a restroom
use an accessible restroom
+9 more
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- play tennis
- walk or roll on pavement
- let my dog run
- see public art
- reach an emergency node

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

Summer

Jun–Aug

Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.

sit down to eat
use a restroom
use an accessible restroom
be in a park
let my kids play
let every kid play
+9 more
- play on a court
- play tennis
- play on a field
- play soccer
- play ball
- walk or roll on pavement
- let my dog run
- see public art
- reach an emergency node

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

Fall

Sep–Nov

Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.

use a restroom
play on a field
use an accessible restroom
sit down to eat
be in a park
let my kids play
+9 more
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- play tennis
- play soccer
- play ball
- walk or roll on pavement
- let my dog run
- see public art
- reach an emergency node

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 Arbor Lodge Park

This park has facilities you can reserve. Booking happens on the city's official systems — every link below goes straight there.

Tennis & pickleball courts

Reserve outdoor courts through PP&R's registration system.

Reserve on Portland.gov

Athletic fields

Permit sports fields through PP&R's customer service center.

Reserve on Portland.gov503-823-2525

Partners & friends

The whole ecosystem

Community organizations that steward, fund, operate, or run programs at Arbor Lodge Park. Labels show what is confirmed and what is still being filled in.

Harper's PlaygroundFunds this parkConfirmed

Programmatic nonprofits

Portland.gov — Arbor Lodge Park

Open profile

Support this park

Real ways to help Arbor Lodge Park and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.

Donate via Portland Parks FoundationThe independent nonprofit philanthropic partner for Portland's parks. Gifts support parks and programs citywide.Volunteer with Portland Parks & RecreationJoin official PP&R volunteer and stewardship programs, from work parties to ongoing roles.Find park partners and friends groupsDozens of community organizations steward specific Portland parks. See who works where.

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

Arbor Lodge Park

$678.4K

4 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

Courts, fields & golf$564.6K

Paths & access$69.3K

Play & gathering$32.8K

Energy & building systems$11.8K

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 (4 source rows)

Tennis Court Repair$564,591

Asset as named in source: Arbor Lodge Park

Sport court shows signs of wear: top surface worn down to next layer, traction layer mostly gone, approx 400LF of cracks 1/2" or larger, causing trip hazard with difference in play surface. Condition of court has generated community complaints. Upgrade to communtiy level facility: prepare proper base and resurface 2 cracked courts, add drinking fountain and one bench, upgrade lighting. Priority 2.

KGW table row 25. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.

Original source table ↗

Pathway Renovation$69,289

Asset as named in source: Arbor Lodge Park

Replace the damaged pathway, trails and sidewalks that have been rated as 4 and 5 in Pathway assessment

KGW table row 24. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.

Original source table ↗

Renovate Playarea surface$32,804

Asset as named in source: Playground

Playarea surface: -Poured in place by the spinner is cracked and failing. -Entire area is failing. Edges along concrete walk is lifting creating trip hazards and cracks and holes throughout swing/spinner/climber area. Forever Lawn surfacing: - surfacing seam is coming apart on SW side of hill. Repair as needed. - The "forever lawn" has forevered. There are 2 seems that need to be repaired large fresh area is becoming delaminated on the NE side of the sandbox at the seam

KGW table row 26. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.

Original source table ↗

ESPC-III_Buildings Lighting to LEDs$11,760

Asset as named in source: Restroom - Storage

LED conversion for Exterior and Interior Lights

KGW table row 27. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.

Original source table ↗

26 of 119 assessed built records are rated poor or very bad in the separate condition dataset. Condition ratings do not determine these dollar estimates.

Park profile →Link to this cost profile →

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 2

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: 7,821
Households within a half mile: 3,464

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: 6
Closed backlog IDs: 2

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

Stewardship group on record

A conservancy, friends group or stewardship partner is on record here. The split of tasks between staff and volunteers is not published.

From the department-provided partnership directory. It records what is on paper, not who does each task.

See its 6 backlog items and their priority scores →Compare districts →Download the park table

Condition across all assets

Citywide condition atlas

Across 119 assessed assets at this park, 22% 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 · 4Above fair · 24Fair · 65Poor · 22Very bad · 4

Assessed asset families here

Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Bridges2021Buildings2018Fences2022Pathways & trailsPlayground equipment2020Sport fieldsSport courts

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

Each row is one record from PP&R's public asset layer. No itemized repair cost is published for these records, so none is shown. Dates are the source's last published assessment; treat older ones as unverified.

Asset	Condition	Status	Replacement	Assessed
Picnic Table Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 1072	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Picnic Table Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 1093	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bench Condition very bad. Priority urgent. Record 1381	Very bad condition code 5	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bleacher Replacement field says yes. Priority high. Record 2077	Fair condition code 3	Active	yes	2007-07-26
Drinking Fountain Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 0052-DF-1	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Permanent Bollard Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 2547	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Drinking Fountain Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 0052-DF-2	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bat Holder Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 4743	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bench Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 4843	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bench Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 5419	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bat Holder Condition very bad. Priority urgent. Record 5788	Very bad condition code 5	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bench Condition very bad. Priority urgent. Record 6849	Very bad condition code 5	Active	no	2007-07-26
Bleacher Replacement field says yes. Priority high. Record 6930	Fair condition code 3	Active	yes	2007-07-26
Bleacher Replacement field says yes. Priority high. Record 7919	Fair condition code 3	Active	yes	2007-07-26
Bleacher Condition rated poor (code 4); replacement field says yes. Priority high. Record 8408	Poor condition code 4	Active	yes	2007-07-26
Picnic Table Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 8575	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26
Picnic Table Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high. Record 8767	Poor condition code 4	Active	no	2007-07-26

Showing all 17 public repair candidates.

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Public assets

All 81

Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.

Bench×22

5×24×23×42×61×3–×5

Art Work×21

–×21

Permanent Trash Can×8

333–3–33

Bike Rack×6

2–––2–

Picnic Table×6

443344

Bat Holder×5

32452

Bleacher×4

3334

Permanent Bollard×4

4333

Drinking Fountain×2

Memorial×2

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Litter Bag Dispenser×1

Official Portland.gov profile

From the City's park page

Arbor Lodge Park on Portland.gov

Open official page

A Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Node (pronounced beacon) is a place to go in Portland after a major earthquake to ask for emergency assistance if phone service is down, or report severe damage or injury. More information can be found on the Basic Earthquake Emergency Communication Node page.

Take a virtual tour of the the trees at Arbor Lodge Park

Constructed in 2012, Harper's Playground is the result of a public-private partnership between PP&R and the Goldberg family. It is named after their daughter, Harper, whose enjoyment of this neighborhood park inspired them to spearhead a community fundraising effort to build a universally accessible playground. It is the first of its kind in the Portland area.

City label

Park

Year acquired

1940

Official acres

8.691

City section

North

Neighborhood

Arbor Lodge

Location

N Bryant Street and Delaware Avenue Portland, OR 97217

Directions

Hours

Park hours: 5:00am-midnight To reserve a sports field, call 503-823-2525.

Amenities and activities

Accessible restroomUniversal access play areaBEECN – basic earthquake emergency communication nodeHorseshoe pitPicnic tablePlaygroundStatue or public artDog off-leash areaPaths (paved)Baseball fieldSoccer fieldSoftball fieldTennis court (lighted)

This page, on a sign

The QR label for this park points here. Print labels →

https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/arbor-lodge-park-52?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_52

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.