Mount Tabor cinder cone view
— — a cinder cone the city grew around.
Not only on a wall.
“Mount Tabor is an extinct volcanic cinder cone inside the city limits of Portland — one of the few in any major American city. The park climbs the cone in switchbacks under tall Douglas fir; the summit at about 636 feet looks west across the inner east side to downtown and the West Hills, with Mount Hood standing off behind the shoulder of the city on clear afternoons. Three open reservoirs sit on the lower slopes. People walk laps around them after work; the reservoirs hold the light a long time. from the studio
Mount Tabor cinder cone view, on ceramic.
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Mount Tabor is an extinct volcanic cinder cone in southeast Portland, rising to about 636 feet. It is part of the Boring Lava Field, a cluster of more than 80 small Pleistocene-age volcanoes scattered across the Portland area, and is one of the few cinder cones located inside a major American city. The 191-acre Mount Tabor Park was established in 1909 to a plan by the Olmsted Brothers firm and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2004. Three historic open reservoirs of the Bull Run water system sit on the slopes.
The park is open every day from 5 a.m. to midnight, with vehicle access closed on Wednesdays to give the loop road over to walkers and cyclists. The summit is reached by foot, bike, or the inner park road; a short trail network — about three miles of paths — climbs through second-growth fir and madrone. Parking is free at several lots off SE 60th and SE 69th, with the main entrance at SE Salmon and SE 69th Avenue. The reservoirs were taken offline as drinking-water sources in 2015 but remain full.
The summit faces west, which is the working detail of Mount Tabor as a Portland view. Downtown sits below across the inner east side, the West Hills rise behind it, and the sun goes down behind the ridge most of the year. The three reservoirs on the slope hold the late light after the rest of the city has dimmed; the lower one (Reservoir 5) is roughly at SE Lincoln, and the upper basins step up the hill. On the clearest winter afternoons Mount Hood shows above the city's right shoulder.