Argay Terrace · District 1 · Large park · 16 acres

Luuwit View 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

5am to midnight

Getting there

NE 127th Avenue and NE Fremont Street Portland, OR 97230

Dogs

Off-leash area here

Access

Accessible restroom, accessible picnic area

Photo from the City's park page

Park history

Portland Parks & Recreation originally acquired the Beech property for the purpose of building a park in 1984 and then purchased additional property in 1999. The property was a 15.7 acre undeveloped site surrounded by a working farm, single family residences, and Shaver Elementary School in the Argay neighborhood, next door to the Parkrose neighborhood.

The master planning process in 2008 outlined some important features, including a community garden, soccer field, high intensity sports area, fenced off-leash dog area, grassy open space, children’s play area, water play area, and picnic areas. The master plan for this park was adopted by City Council in March 2009. Final design for the park started in 2015 with construction taking place from Summer 2016-Fall 2017, with a community opening celebration in October 2017.

Luuwit View Park offers expansive views, including a majestic vista of Luuwit, the Native (upper Cowlitz) name for Mt. St. Helens. The park’s name helps to honor the Indigenous people who have lived on the land since time immemorial and serves to recognize the overall history of the area.

Luuwit View Park is the largest and most developed park in the Parkrose neighborhood. It serves nearly 1,000 Portland households, ones which formerly did not have ready access to a park.

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
gather out of the rainPicnic shelter

…gather

watch a showStage or amphitheater
meet in a public squarePlaza or terrace
get onlinePublic WiFi

…play

let my kids playPlayground
let every kid playAccessible play area

…compete

play on a courtAny sport court
shoot hoopsBasketball court
play on a fieldAny sport field
play soccerSoccer or futsal field
skateSkate park or pump track

…get here and move

be in a parkAny park
walk or roll on pavementPaved path
walk a soft pathUnpaved path
picnic with everyoneAccessible picnic area

…be in nature

look out over waterRiver or vista views

…bring my dog

let my dog runDog off-leash area
let my dog run fencedFenced dog area

…remember and belong

see public artPublic art

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.
Gatherings & events — Concerts, movies, cultural events.
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

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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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.

Shaver Elementary · Parkrose · 8.6 acres
next door
On record: 4 playgrounds, 2 soccer pitchs, 1 baseball pitch. Not recorded in this property’s inventory: baseball or softball.

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
watch a show
+14 more
- meet in a public square
- get online
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- skate
- walk a soft path
- picnic with everyone
- look out over water
- let my dog run
- let my dog run fenced
- see public art

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
use a restroom
use an accessible restroom
+16 more
- sit down to eat
- gather out of the rain
- watch a show
- meet in a public square
- get online
- be in a park
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- skate
- walk or roll on pavement
- picnic with everyone
- look out over water
- let my dog run
- let my dog run fenced
- see public art

0 programs · 0 events starts captured

Summer

Jun–Aug

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

sit down to eat
watch a show
use a restroom
use an accessible restroom
gather out of the rain
meet in a public square
+16 more
- get online
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- play on a field
- play soccer
- skate
- walk or roll on pavement
- walk a soft path
- picnic with everyone
- look out over water
- let my dog run
- let my dog run fenced
- see public art

0 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
watch a show
+16 more
- meet in a public square
- get online
- be in a park
- let my kids play
- let every kid play
- play on a court
- shoot hoops
- play soccer
- skate
- walk or roll on pavement
- walk a soft path
- picnic with everyone
- look out over water
- let my dog run
- let my dog run fenced
- see public art

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	5	0
Fall Sep–Nov Recorded through 2026-10; 1 month still to come	0	2	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 Luuwit View 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

Site	Tables	Fee	Features
A	3	$57.00	ShelteredBBQ PowerKey
B	10	$40.00	BBQ PowerKey

· ADA accessible.

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

Athletic fields

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

Reserve on Portland.gov503-823-2525

Partners & friends

The whole ecosystem

Opportunity signal

No known partner is currently linked to Luuwit View Park in the Partnership Atlas. This is an opportunity signal, not an official priority.

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Support this park

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

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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

Luuwit View Park

$61.8K

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

Play & gathering$50K

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 (2 source rows)

Renovate playground surface area$50,000

Asset as named in source: Play equipment - Embankment slide

A hole is starting to form in the poured in place on the slide embankment. The mounds around large climber are wearing fast and the top surface is starting to flake away in numerous spots.

KGW table row 606. 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 607. Source field: “Escalated Estimate.” Estimate date, inflation basis, funded amount and completion status are not supplied.

Original source table ↗

8 of 221 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.

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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 1

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: 6,494
Households within a half mile: 2,600

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: 1

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.

See its 3 backlog items and their priority scores →Compare districts →Download the park table

Condition across all assets

Citywide condition atlas

Across 221 assessed assets at this park, 4% 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 · 76Above fair · 87Fair · 50Poor · 1Very bad · 7

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

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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Public assets

All 78

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

Picnic Table×24

1×21–×3

Bench×15

1×11–×4

Permanent Trash Can×13

1×13

Bike Rack×12

1×12

Permanent Bollard×8

11111111

Barbeque×3

111

Game Table×2

Drinking Fountain×1

Official Portland.gov profile

From the City's park page

Luuwit View Park on Portland.gov

Open official page

(pronounced loo-WIT)

Spread on 16 acres adjacent to Shaver Elementary School in northeast Portland’s Argay neighborhood, Luuwit View Park features a soccer field and basketball court, accessible play and picnic areas, parking, community gardens, a fenced off-leash dog area, and foot and bike paths with expansive views – including a majestic vista of Luuwit (the Cowlitz name for the iconic Mt. St. Helens).

“Recommending an appropriate name was difficult, but ultimately we enjoyed a rewarding outcome,” says Nina Palacios, a member of the Luuwit View naming committee. “I’m excited about the new park, one we’ve been eagerly anticipating for so long. I volunteer at the adjacent Shaver School, and the kids there are bursting with anticipation for their new park! I very much appreciate being a part of the naming process.”

City label

Park

Year acquired

1984

Official acres

15.82

City section

East

Neighborhood

Argay Terrace

Location

NE 127th Avenue and NE Fremont Street Portland, OR 97230

Directions

Hours

Park hours: 5am to midnight

Amenities and activities

Accessible picnic areaAccessible play areaAccessible restroomPicnic shelterPicnic tablePlaygroundPlazaRock climbing wallSkate parkStatue or public artVista pointWireless internet access (WiFi)Stage (outdoor)Fenced dog off-leash areaPaths (paved)Paths (unpaved)Soccer fieldBasketball court

This page, on a sign

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

https://parks.portlandciviclab.org/parks/luuwit-view-park-56?utm_source=park_qr&utm_medium=sign&utm_campaign=park_56

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.