Parks in The City of Portland
And Nearby
"Take a Walk In A Park" is a theme from our top ten list.
Portland may have more park acreage in it's boundaries than any major city on earth.
Portland Parks & Recreation
bureau offers a
Park Finder The Wikipedia list of Parks in Portland may be useful as well.
Here's some of our favorites:
Cathedral Park The park is situated under the St. Johns Bridge, and was given its name due to the Gothic arches that support the bridge, which resemble a cathedral arch.
Council Crest Park 43.51-acres (17.61 ha) 1,071 feet above sea level, the highest point in the West Hills. Unparalleled views of the Columbia & Willamette Rivers and Portland.
Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden More than 2,500 rhododendrons, azaleas, and other plants in a setting of small lakes, paved and unpaved paths, fountains, and small waterfalls.
Director Park Features at the park include a fountain, artworks, a cafe, and a distinctive glass canopy. Covers a 700-space underground parking garage, which connects underground to the Fox Tower and the Park Avenue West Tower. Located in downtown on Southwest Park Avenue, the park lacks any natural areas and contains little vegetation.
Forrest Park 5,100 acres (2,064 ha). West of downtown, stretching more than 8 miles (13 km) on hillsides overlooking the Willamette River. One of the country's largest urban forest reserves. Mostly second-growth forest with a few patches of old growth. About 70 miles (110 km) of recreational trails, including the Wildwood Trail segment of the city's 40 Mile Loop system, crisscross the park.
Gabriel Park90.65-acres (366,800 m2) Baseball / softball fields, soccer field, tennis courts, skatepark, volleyball courts, dog off-leash area, paved and unpaved paths, reservable picnic sites, and WiFi.
Garbriel Park Southwest Community Center & Pool Includes indoor swimming pool, basketball court, community center, fitness room, gymnasium, kitchen, meeting rooms, party rooms, rock climbing wall, and weight room.
Grant Park and Beverly Cleary Sculpture Garden for Children 19.9 acres. Best known as the setting for Beverly Cleary's Klickitat Street series of books. Houses in the neighborhood generally date to the nineteen twenties and early thirties, and are primarily Craftsman styles. Grant Park is only a few blocks away from Klickitat Street, the fictional home of the characters. The park is contiguous with the grounds of Grant High School. Amenities include a large playground, dog park, athletic fields, walking paths, picnic facilities and tennis courts.
Hoyt Arboretum 187-acres (0.76 sq. km.) (76 ha). Just under ten thousand individual trees and shrubs of more than eleven hundred species from all over the world. Most have labels identifying common and scientific names and region of origin. The arboretum is located two miles (3 km) west of downtown Portland within Washington Park, and close to the Oregon Zoo, and the International Rose Test Garden. The Arboretum is open to the public and accessible at several points from Washington Park or from the Macleay Trail in Forest Park.
Laurelhurst Park Voted the "most beautiful park" on the West Coast. The first city park ever to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2001).
Leach Botanical Garden A diverse collection of over 2,000 hybrids, cultivars, native and non-native plants, including alpines, medicinal herbs, rock garden plants, camellias, and 40 genera and over 125 species of ferns. Many are labeled.
Peninsula Park & Rose garden 16.27-acres (6.58 ha) Peninsula Park became the city's first public rose garden in 1909 .
Pioneer Courthouse Square Portland's Living Room. On the Transit Mall.
South Park Blocks In the heart of the city, a string of parks running from Portland State University to The Pearl.
Tom McCall Waterfront Park 36.59-acres (148,100 Sq.Mt. ) Located in downtown Portland, Oregon, along the Willamette River, 14 blocks East of Capstone. Home to the Waterfront Blues Festival, Oregon Brewers Festival, Gay/Lesbian Pride Festival and the Bite of Oregon festival. The park is also the host of many Rose Festival events. When not host to big outdoor events, the park is a popular place to walk, jog, bicycle and picnic.
Tryon Creek State Natural Area 645-acrea (2.61 sq. km.) in southwest Portland. Includes hiking trails, a paved bicycle path, and horse trails. The paved 0.35-mile (0.56 km) Trillium Trail loop is furnished with drinking fountains & interpretive signs and can accommodate wheelchairs.
Washington Park 410 acres: 159.7 acres (64.63 hectares) for the main park, plus the adjacent 64-acre (26 ha) Oregon Zoo and the 187-acre (76 ha) Hoyt Arboretum. Includes a zoo, forestry museum, arboretum, children's museum, rose garden, Japanese garden, amphitheatre, war memorials, archery range, tennis courts, soccer field, picnic areas, playgrounds, public art and many acres of wild forest with miles of trails.