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Can you see Mount Hood from Council Crest Park, Portland?

Yes, you can

80.5 km line of sight toward the east (bearing 100°), computed on 30 m Copernicus terrain with Earth curvature and standard atmospheric refraction.

The answer

Yes. Mount Hood is visible from Council Crest Park, Portland: a clear 80.5 km line of sight, and after Earth's curvature drops the target 441 m, its top still stands 2,641 m above eye level.

Hood is the one on the postcards, framed at the end of streets all over the east side. It is 80 km away and 3,400 m up. From Council Crest, how far above the horizon does it actually sit?

Straight-line distance80.5 km
Direction100° east
Observer eye level327 m
Target elevation3,408 m
Curvature drop at the target441 m
Above your eye level2,641 m

From Council Crest Park, Portland, at an eye level of 327 m, the sightline to Mount Hood runs 80.5 km and clears every ridge in between. Over that distance Earth's curvature drops the target 441 m below a flat-earth line, but at 3,408 m, it still rises above the horizon. The view is geometrically real: whether you actually get it depends on haze, not terrain.

The terrain profile

0 m2,000 m4,000 m sightlineCouncil Crest ParkMount Hood 0 km80.5 km204060
Elevation profile from Council Crest Park, Portland to Mount Hood. Like every elevation profile, the vertical axis is stretched (≈5× here), but the geometry is real: mid-path, Earth's surface genuinely stands 127 m above the straight line between the two points (the dashed arc is sea level). Light bends only slightly around that bulge, so whatever it covers stays hidden.
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Frequently asked questions

Can you see Mount Hood from Council Crest Park, Portland?

Yes. The terrain-limited line of sight is clear across 80.5 km, accounting for Earth's curvature and standard atmospheric refraction. Atmospheric haze is the only thing that can hide the view.

How far is Mount Hood from Council Crest Park, Portland in a straight line?

80.5 km great-circle distance, on a bearing of 100° (east).

How much does Earth's curvature hide over 80.5 km?

At the target's distance the curvature drop is about 441 m: anything lower than that (relative to the observer's horizon plane) is hidden behind the bulge of the Earth. Mount Hood is tall enough to rise above it.

How was this calculated?

UpToWhere walks the full terrain profile between the two points on 30 m-resolution Copernicus GLO-30 elevation data, applying Earth curvature and standard atmospheric refraction (k = 0.13), the same physics surveyors use. You can run the same point-to-point check between any two places on Earth.

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