Mt. Tabor Park, at 191 acres, serves the entire city as well as its adjacent eastside neighborhoods. The park is owned by the Portland Water Bureau and managed by Portland Parks & Recreation. Designed as a naturalistic landscape in the 1930s with one underground and three open reservoirs managed for public water supply by the Portland Water Bureau, the park was significantly renovated in the 1990s to improve park facilities and to restore natural areas. The Mt. Tabor Park Master Plan prioritizes continued management of active areas and facilitation of the long term health of the forest and meadow environments in the park.
Off-road cycling is permitted on 5.5 miles of designated trails. The Friends of Mt. Tabor Park provide volunteer maintenance assistance within the park.