Permit sports fields through PP&R's customer service center.
Kern Park
Public asset records for this park are shown as a transparency layer. Itemized repair costs remain pending until Portland Parks & Recreation provides verified estimates.
Support this park
Real ways to help Kern Park and parks like it. This site does not process donations; every link below goes to an official giving or volunteering channel.
City-published park details
Kern Park on Portland.gov
Kern Park, located in Southeast Portland's Foster-Powell neighborhood, is about one and half acres and features a basketball court, play equipment, and a ball field.
Park hours: 5:00am-midnight To reserve a sports field, call 503-823-2525.
Park history
According to Eugene E. Snyder's Portland Names and Neighborhoods, this park was named for the Kern Park real estate subdivision plat, laid out in 1903 by the Sycamore Real Estate Company.
All dogs must be leashed in this park.
Reserve at Kern 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 ecosystemNo known partner is currently linked to Kern Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.
See opportunity signalsCondition across all assets
Citywide condition atlasAcross 33 assessed assets at this park, 24%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.
Condition is rated 1 (good) to 5 (very bad); blank 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
Assessment dates are copied from the public Parks Amenities layer. Old dates mean this source does not publish a newer assessment for that asset, not that we have confirmed no newer internal inspection exists. PP&R does not publish itemized repair costs, so this ledger shows needs without dollar figures.
Bench is flagged because the public asset record shows poor condition (public code 4).
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Permanent Trash Can is flagged because the public asset record shows fair condition (public code 2).
PP&R does not publish an itemized repair cost for this record, so none is shown.
Showing all 2 public repair candidates.
QR destination
https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/kern-park-216?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_216
Public assets
All 8The public asset layer includes `PictureID` and `Hyper_pic`, but those values point to PP&R internal file-share paths, not public image URLs. Asset-level inspection photos need a PP&R export or public ArcGIS attachments before this app can render them.
Public photo from the official Portland.gov park page