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Grant Park · District 2 · Large park · 12 acres

Grant 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
NE 33rd Avenue and US Grant Place Portland, OR 97212
Dogs
Off-leash area here
Access
Accessible restroom
Grant ParkPhoto from the City's park page

Park history

The park is named after Ulysses S. Grant who visited Portland three times, a rare thing for a president to do in the days before air travel - or even before standardized rail travel! Grant was first assigned to Fort Vancouver where he made friends with many of Portland's politicians.

Grant Park was the setting for many scenes in children's books by Beverly Cleary. In 1991, a group of teachers, librarians, and business people formed the Friends of Henry & Ramona, and began to raise funds for the Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children. Portland artist Lee Hunt created life-sized bronze statues of three of Cleary's best-loved characters - Ramona Quimby, Henry Huggins, and Henry's dog Ribsy. Scattered around the concrete slab are granite plaques engraved with the titles of the Cleary books that take place in Portland - and a map of the neighborhood showing where events in the books "really happened." The Sculpture Garden was dedicated on October 13, 1995.

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
…play
…cool off
…compete
…get here and move
…bring my dog
…remember and belong

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.
  • Summer water play — Cooling and swim programs.
  • 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
  • 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.

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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.

  • Grant High · Portland Public Schools · 10.2 acres
    next door

    On record: 1 allotments, 1 baseball pitch, 1 soccer pitch.

  • Hollyrood School · Portland Public Schools · 0.9 acres
    0.1 mi

    On record: 1 playground.

  • Beverly Cleary at Fernwood Campus · Portland Public Schools · 4.3 acres
    0.3 mi

    On record: 2 baseball pitchs, 1 playground, 1 basketball pitch, 1 garden.

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
  • gather out of the rain
  • walk or roll on pavement
  • use an accessible restroom
  • sit down to eat
  • be in a park
  • +11 more
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
  • walk a soft path
  • use a restroom
  • +14 more
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
  • gather out of the rain
  • be in a park
  • let my kids play
  • +14 more
544 programs · 0 events starts captured
Fall
Sep–Nov

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

  • use a restroom
  • gather out of the rain
  • play on a field
  • use an accessible restroom
  • sit down to eat
  • be in a park
  • +14 more
0 programs · 0 events starts captured
What the record holds here, by season
SeasonProgramsRecurring eventsOne-time
Winter Dec–Feb
registration opens 10/08 (activities Nov 2 – Dec 13 and winter-break camps Dec 21 – Jan 3)
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Spring Mar–May
Recorded from 2026-06-11
000
Summer Jun–Aug
Recorded from 2026-06-11
5210
Fall Sep–Nov
Recorded through 2026-09; 2 months still to come
000
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 and gardens spring through fall, everything else year-round) — not the City's schedule. Check posted hours for pools, splash pads, and restrooms. From 12 weekly catalog snapshots (2026-06-11 to 2026-09-07). "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 2026-09; 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 Grant Park

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

Picnic sites
Reserve a site
SiteTablesFeeFeatures
AShelter$113.75
Sheltered
  • · Light with switch available.

Fees and inventory from PP&R's 2026 picnic brochure. A $27.50 application fee applies. Reserve online or call 503-823-2525.

Partners & friends

The whole ecosystem

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

Support this park

Real ways to help Grant 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. PP&R does not publish itemized repair costs, so needs appear without dollar figures.

Condition across all assets

Citywide condition atlas

Across 225 assessed assets at this park, 19% 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 · 27Above fair · 49Fair · 107Poor · 32Very bad · 10
Assessed asset families here
Amenities & furnishings2007 (2007–2026)Buildings2018Fences2022Pathways & 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. No repair costs — those aren't published.

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.

AssetConditionStatusReplacementAssessed
Bench
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 140
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Bench
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 3679
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Bench
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 5489
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Bench
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 5872
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Bench
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 6321
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Permanent Bollard
Condition very bad. Priority urgent.
Public note: Broken Top
Record 4114
Very bad condition
code 5
Activeno2007-08-01
Permanent Bollard
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 8749
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Permanent Trash Can
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 1601
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Permanent Trash Can
Condition very bad. Priority urgent.
Record 5678
Very bad condition
code 5
Activeno2007-08-01
Picnic Table
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 5245
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Picnic Table
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 5628
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Picnic Table
Condition rated poor (code 4). Priority high.
Record 6056
Poor condition
code 4
Activeno2007-08-01
Showing all 12 public repair candidates.
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Public assets

All 97

Furnishings 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×27
5×14×13×122×61×7
Bench×25
4×53×142×5–×1
Bike Rack×12
3×12
Permanent Trash Can×11
5×14×13×32×31×1–×2
Bleacher×8
33223222
Picnic Table×5
42443
Drinking Fountain×4
1222
Art Work×3
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Litter Bag Dispenser×1
2
Memorial×1
3

Related capital projects

Grant Park Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden & Fountain

No public description.

ActivePhase pending$500,000
Official Portland.gov profile

From the City's park page

Grant Park on Portland.gov

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Mark Cotton was a highly respected math and physical education teacher, and a valued, highly regarded community member. He was the track and cross-country coach at Grant High School from 1965 to 1990. During that time period, the programs had numerous team and individual state championships.The Mark Cotton Field at Portland Public Schools’ Grant High School was updated to a top-tier facility in 2013, thanks to an innovative public/private partnership. Portland Commissioners Amanda Fritz and Nick Fish led the effort to bring NIKE, the Friends of Grant Athletics, NFL football star Ndamukong Suh (Grant Class of 2005), and the Ndamukong Suh Family Foundation on board to make the turf athletic field at Grant High School possible. The all-weather field has an adjacent synthetic track and opened in September 2013.

After a decade of robust use by the community and school teams, the field failed safety testing and was closed for permitted sports uses in August 2023. Portland Parks & Recreation and Portland Public Schools are working together to find alternative sites for Grant High School sports practices and games.

Portland Public School Board Chair Gary Hollands and City Commissioner Dan Ryan have committed to replace the Grant Bowl's artificial turf field and reopen the popular field for fall sports in 2024. Portland Parks & Recreation (PP&R) and Portland Public Schools (PPS) will work together to develop cost estimates, project roles, a funding plan, and detailed timelines. Both organizations share a commitment to Grant High School students and the greater community.

City label
Park
Year acquired
1922
Official acres
19.899
City section
NE
Neighborhood
Grant Park
Location

NE 33rd Avenue and US Grant Place Portland, OR 97212

Directions
Hours

Park hours: 5:00am-midnight To reserve a sports field or picnic area, call 503-823-2525. Picnic Site Maps and Information

Amenities and activities
Accessible play areaAccessible restroomPicnic shelterPicnic tablePlaygroundStatue or public artDog off-leash areaPaths (paved)Paths (unpaved)TrackBaseball fieldSoccer fieldSoftball fieldSynthetic turfFountain (interactive)Basketball courtTennis court (lighted)

This page, on a sign

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

https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/grant-park-167?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_167

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.