DeWitt Park
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, sit down to eat, and be in a park.
Photo from the City's park pagePark history
Francis DeWitt was a pioneer who came to Oregon from Germany in 1847 on a sailing vessel.
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.
- sit down to eatPicnic table
- let my kids playPlayground
- be in a parkAny park
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.
- Youth drop-in — Free unstructured play with somewhere for adults to sit.
- Summer water play — needs splash pad or wading pool or interactive fountain
- Nature education — needs nature play area
Outside the size-and-type screen for this 0.6-acre park property: be inside when it rains (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.
Something specific to this park — the thing you'd use it for if it were here.
Send an idea for this park →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.
- Rieke Elementary · Portland Public Schools · 12.6 acres0.2 mi
On record: 1 soccer pitch, 1 basketball pitch, 1 baseball pitch, 1 playground. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: basketball court, soccer or futsal field, baseball or softball.
- Ida B. Wells High · Portland Public Schools · 14.3 acres0.3 mi
On record: 6 pickleball pitchs, 6 tracks, 4 athletics pitchs, 2 soccer pitchs, 1 baseball pitch, 1 American football pitch, 1 garden. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: pickleball court, soccer or futsal field, baseball or softball, running track.
- Gray Middle · Portland Public Schools · 13.2 acres0.4 mi
On record: 2 four square pitchs, 2 multi-use pitchs, 1 track, 1 basketball pitch. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: basketball court, soccer or futsal field, 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.
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
Fields and gardens open; showers between sun. Leagues, planting, first picnics.
- let my kids play
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
Water, shade, long evenings — the season the system is built around.
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
Light shortens and leagues wind down; shelters and lighting carry the season.
- sit down to eat
- be in a park
- let my kids play
| 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 |
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.
Partners & friends
The whole ecosystemNo known partner is currently linked to DeWitt Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.
See opportunity signalsSupport this park
Real ways to help DeWitt Park and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.
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
DeWitt Park
$335.7K
2 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
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 (2 source rows)
Play Area Safety and ADA$207,769
Asset as named in source: DeWitt Park
Removal and replacement of existing Wildwood play structures. Wildwood play equipment is no longer manufactured. Structures have outlived their useful life. Add small free play area, per Technical Paper.
KGW table row 197. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗Playground renovation$127,912
Asset as named in source: Play Area A
Renovation or repair playground that was rated as 4 during playground assessment in 2020
KGW table row 198. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.
Original source table ↗1 of 8 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
- 3,597
- Households within a half mile
- 1,643
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
- 3
- 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 8 assessed assets at this park, 13% 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.
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 5707 | Poor condition code 4 | Active | no | 2007-09-25 |
Seen something here that's broken, fixed, or missing from this list? Records are updated periodically; tell us what you see.
Send a condition note →Public assets
All 5Furnishings the City inventories here, with each item's condition score — 1 is good, 5 is very bad. Asset photos aren't public yet.
From the City's park page
DeWitt Park on Portland.gov
Located in the Hillsdale neighborhood, DeWitt Park offers an open playground and picnic areas.
DeWitt Park is adjacent Portland Fire District Engine No. 5.
Park hours: 5:00am-midnight
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/dewitt-park-38?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_38
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.