The first U.S. Navy geodedic survey of this area was done in 1858 by Cleveland Rockwell.

Both the Birch Park and Violet LaPlante Park areas have hash marks indicating similar wet
terrain. (Map below is matched to a current Google Map of the area by coordinates of the
chimney of Robert Shortess' house that was used as a survey monument, 46°11'47.28"N
123°47'1.92"W)

1904 - This team may have used Birch Field for practice since many regular games were played
at the A.F.C. Field at Smith Point. Although tagged with the name Alderbrook Field, with Tongue
Point clearly identifiable and structures in the background that appear to be the Tongue Point
railway station and Hammond Mill, the lack of trees obstructing that distant view lead to question
of the exact location of this photo.

Source: CCHM Cumtux 1990 Spring p. 12

Above is an early 1900's (approximately 1910?) photo showing Alderbrook's first

schoolhouse ( red outline, top center) and approximate location of the home of Robert
Shortess (red outline, right), the first American to make a Declaration Land Claim on what
would later become the Alderbrook Subdivision. The Birch Park area at this time is fully
wooded.

This post on the Alderbrook Station Facebook page shows a post originally made by Stig M.
Johannessen.

A close up of the Birch Park area in this photo, dated 1958, reveals the early days of bark
chips spread over its surface.

Use of the baseball area is indicated in an early Google Map, image taken in August of 1994.

April 2018 aerial photograph...

Astoria Parks Dept. description -

Birch Field and Park
Grass ball field with bases and backstop. The park
is often visited by the neighbors for general use and dog walking.