Portland
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S.
Portland is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Located in the Pacific Northwest at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, it is the 28th-most populous city in the United States, sixth-most populous on the West Coast, and fourth-most populous in the Pacific Northwest, with a population of 652,503 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolitan area, with over 2.54 million residents, is the 26th-largest metropolitan area in the nation. Almost half of Oregon's population resides within the Portland metro area. It is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous in the state.
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Worth seeing in and around Portland
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Mill Ends Park
Mill Ends Park is the smallest urban park in the United States. It consists of 1 tree, located in the median strip of SW Naito Parkway next to Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the Willamette River near SW Taylor Street in the downtown core of Portland, Oregon, United States.
800 m · miniature city park in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States · Wikipedia - 02Moda Center
Moda Center, formerly known as the Rose Garden, is the primary indoor sports arena in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is used for basketball, rodeos, circuses, conventions, ice shows, concerts, and dramatic productions.
1.8 km · sports arena in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 03Portland State University
Portland State University is a public research university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1946 as a post-secondary educational institution for World War II veterans.
800 m · public university in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 04Providence Park
Providence Park is an outdoor soccer venue located in the Goose Hollow neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the home of the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer and Portland Thorns FC of the National Women's Soccer League.
800 m · sports stadium in Portland, Oregon, United States · Wikipedia - 05Reed College
Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at its center.
6 km · private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon · Wikipedia - 06Portland Art Museum
The Portland Art Museum is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet, with more than 112,000 square feet of gallery space.
400 m · art museum in Portland, Oregon · Wikipedia - 07University of Portland
The University of Portland is a private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1901 and is affiliated with the Congregation of Holy Cross, which also founded UP's sister school, the University of Notre Dame.
6.8 km · private Catholic university in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 08Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
The Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in western Oregon in the United States. Established in 1846, it was the second Catholic archdiocese in the United States after Baltimore.
3.5 km · archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 09MAX Light Rail
The Metropolitan Area Express is a light rail system serving the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. Owned and operated by TriMet, it spans 59.7 miles and comprises five lines and 93 stations.
300 m · light rail system serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area in the United States · Wikipedia - 10Portland Japanese Garden
Portland Japanese Garden is a 501 nonprofit organization, cultural institution, and public attraction in Portland, Oregon. The Garden, which opened to the public in 1967, occupies 12.5 acres in Portland's Washington Park and is adjacent to the International Rose Test Garden.
2.1 km · garden in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Portland has many unique and interesting neighborhoods to explore. One of the most exciting aspects of visiting Portland is the constant possibility of discovery. Rather than containing most places of interest to a few busy streets, Portland has food, shopping, parks, and other activities sprinkled all throughout the city.
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Things to do
Cross each of the twelve bridges over the Willamette River. Portland World Naked Bike Ride. Portland's annual World Naked Bike Ride, held in early June, has many goals: to increase visibility of cyclists; to promote confidence in the beauty and individuality of the human body; to affirm nudity as a legal form of protest; to emphasize the bicycles’s place as a catalyst for change in the future of sustainability,…
- 01Portland Thorns FC
The Portland Thorns are the local women's' soccer team who play in the NWSL.
- 02Portland Timbers FC
The Portland Timbers are Portland's Major League Soccer team.
- 03Portland Trail Blazers
The Moda Center is centrally located near downtown next to four MAX lines for those who are interested in catching a game.
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Where to eat
Foodies may find their nirvana in Portland. With its location in one of the most fertile agricultural areas in the nation, an abundance of fresh fruits, vegetables, meat and seafood raised not far from its boundaries, award-winning wines and beers, and a food culture that supports food artisans and emphasizes local, seasonal food served fresh, it's no surprise that the culinary scene in Portland has received…
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Getting to Portland
- Airports
- Portland (PDX), 10 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 216 km
- Stations
- Albina/Mississippi, 2.2 km · Sunset Transit Center, 7.8 km · Hollywood / Northeast 42nd Avenue, 5 km · Northeast 60th Avenue, 6.2 km · Northeast 82nd Avenue, 8.2 km
- Seattle → Portland233 km · quickest by road, 4h 18m · $22–31
- Spokane → Portland466 km · quickest by air, 6h 6m · $150–230
- Boise → Portland555 km · quickest by air, 6h 14m · $150–230
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Portland
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Portland. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThe Cat, a high-speed passenger and auto ferry, operates a route between Bar Harbor and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
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Next door to Portland
- Milwaukiecity in Oregon, USA8.9 km
- Portland metropolitan areametropolitan area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered on the main city of Portland, Oregon3.3 km
- Dunthorpeunincorporated suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States9.6 km