Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego is a city in the U.S.
Lake Oswego is a city in the U.S. state of Oregon, primarily in Clackamas County, with small portions extending into neighboring Multnomah and Washington counties. Population in 2020 was 40,731, an 11.2% increase since 2010, making it the 11th most populous city in Oregon. Located about 7 miles (11 km) south of Portland and surrounding the 405-acre (164 ha) Oswego Lake, the town was founded in 1847 and incorporated as Oswego in 1910. The city was the hub of Oregon's brief iron industry in the late 19th century, and is today a suburb of Portland.
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Worth seeing in and around Lake Oswego
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.
- 01Reed 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.
9.3 km · private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon · Wikipedia - 02Oregon Health and Science University
Oregon Health and Science University is a public research university focusing primarily on health sciences with a main campus, including two hospitals, in Portland, Oregon. The institution was founded in 1887 as the University of Oregon Medical Department and later became the University of Oregon Medical School.
9.6 km · public university in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 03Lewis & Clark College
Lewis & Clark College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States. It was founded in 1867 and is situated on the historic M. Lloyd Frank Estate in South Portland's Collins View neighborhood.
4.8 km · private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon, United States · Wikipedia - 04Portland Oregon Temple
The Portland Oregon Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located on 7 acres of land near the intersection of Highway 217 and I-5 in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The intent to build the temple was announced on April 7, 1984 by church president Spencer W. Kimball, during the church's general conference.
3.5 km · building in Oregon, United States of America · Wikipedia - 05Fanno Farmhouse
The Augustus Fanno Farmhouse was the home of Augustus Fanno, one of the first European American settlers in what became Washington County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Born in Maine in 1804, Fanno lived in Missouri as a young adult and in 1846 moved to Oregon with his first wife, Martha, and son.
8.9 km · historic house in Beaverton, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 06Marylhurst University
Marylhurst University was a private applied liberal arts and business university in Marylhurst, Oregon. Marylhurst was founded as St.
4.5 km · Closed Private University in Marylhurst, Oregon · Wikipedia - 07As-Saber Mosque
Masjed As-Saber is one of the mosques in Portland, Oregon, United States and used to be the largest one in the metro area. The worship leader was Mohamed Sheikh Abdirahman Kariye who was mentioned frequently in the local news.
4.6 km · mosque in the United States · Wikipedia - 08Portland Community College
Portland Community College is a public community college in Portland, Oregon, United States. It is the largest post-secondary institution in the state and serves residents in the five-county area of Multnomah, Washington, Yamhill, Clackamas, and Columbia counties.
3.7 km · community college in Portland, Oregon, U.S. · Wikipedia - 09Berry Botanic Garden
Berry Botanic Garden was a botanical garden in southwest Portland, Oregon, in the United States. In addition to large collections of alpine plants, rhododendrons, primulas, and lilies, it was known for its plant-conservation program and its large seed bank that protects rare or endangered plants of the Pacific Northwest.
4.5 km · botanical garden in Portland, Oregon, U.S · Wikipedia - 10Oaks Amusement Park
Oaks Park is a small amusement park located 3.5 miles south of downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. Opened in May 1905, it is one of the oldest continually operating amusement parks in the country.
7.4 km · amusement park in Portland, Oregon, United States · Wikipedia
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Getting to Lake Oswego
- Airports
- Portland (PDX), 21 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 228 km
- Stations
- Tigard Transit Center, 5.7 km · Hall/Nimbus, 8.4 km
- Seattle → Lake Oswego244 km · quickest by road, 4h 36m · $23–32
- Spokane → Lake Oswego472 km · quickest by air, 6h 34m · $180–270
- Boise → Lake Oswego551 km · quickest by air, 6h 42m · $180–270
- 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 Lake Oswego
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 Lake Oswego. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSW Scholls Ferry Rd goes from its intersection with OR 217 to its intersection at OR 219 in Scholls.
- Get inBoth Scholls Ferry Rd (OR 210) and Pacific Hwy (99W) intersect OR 217.
- Get inThe section of SW Hall Blvd through Tigard between SW Scholls Ferry Rd (OR-210) and Durham Rd (south of Tigard) is designated as OR-141 on the maps but is not signposted as such.
- Get inRt 43 Connects Washington Square to downtown Portland through SW Portland (Burlingame) along SW Hall Blvd, 80th Ave & Taylors Ferry Rd.
- Get inRt 56 runs between Washington Square & downtown Portland via Raleigh Hills and Hillsdale along Scholls Ferry Rd (SR-210) and Beaverton Hillsdale Hwy (SR-10) Rt 62 runs between Washington Square and Sunset Transit Center, along Scholls Ferry Road, Murray, Millikan, Hocken, Jenkins, Cornell and Barnes Rt 64 Express (commuter) bus to Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU) & VA Hospital on Marquam Hill.
From Wikivoyage: Tigard, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Lake Oswego
Lake Oswego is 12 km from Portland, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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