Mudroom

PDX Index: Swimming Holes

By Victoria Nguyen June 23, 2009 Published in the July 2009 issue of Portland Monthly

$2.50

Cost of a large snow cone at Grant Pool

7

Number of city-owned outdoor pools

10

Number of swimmable lakes in the Metro region

17

Average age of lifeguards at Portland Parks and Recreation pools

24

Depth, in feet, of Blue Lake’s deepest point

30

Height, in feet, of High Rocks, a popular cliff-jumping spot on the Clackamas River

65

Summertime temperature, in degrees Fahrenheit, of the Clackamas River near Oregon City

180

Approximate number of River Rat inner tubes the Barton Store in Boring sold last summer

1957

Year penguins lived in North Portland’s Peninsula Pool until their home at the Oregon Zoo was complete

45,408

Length, in feet, of park shoreline along Portland’s 34-mile stretch of the Willamette River

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