07/05/2024
Rocky Butte in Portland Oregon, on the 4th of July 2024! Rocky Butte is on a hill where there was a military academy there starting in 1901. The Academy is no longer there and currently an FAA flight aid Beacon is there, going back many years. Most of the year the road around it is closed to vehicles, however on the Fourth of July they allow vehicles up there. Lots of not so legal fireworks being shot up on this hill. Rocky Butte aircraft Beacon is part of the US Bureau of lighthouses . Rocky Butte is a 607 foot extinct volcanic cone second highest point in the city. The aircraft beacon was put in as part of the new deal in the 1930s. While no longer being used for navigation the beacon is still active. Nice night for fireworks, warm summer night in Portland visiting a friend and staying up here in the Northwest for several more days.