Oak Grove
Worth seeing in and around Oak Grove
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.
- 01Berry 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.
3.3 km · botanical garden in Portland, Oregon, U.S · Wikipedia - 02Marylhurst University
Marylhurst University was a private applied liberal arts and business university in Marylhurst, Oregon. Marylhurst was founded as St.
2.1 km · Closed Private University in Marylhurst, Oregon · Wikipedia - 03Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close
Elk Rock Garden, formerly Elk Rock Gardens of the Bishop's Close, is a historic 13-acre hillside estate garden in Dunthorpe, Oregon, just south of Portland, perched on cliffs above the Willamette River. Peter Kerr started the gardens in 1916 on an estate that passed to the Episcopal Diocese of Oregon after his death in 1957.
2.7 km · park in Oregon, United States of America · Wikipedia - 04Oregon Iron Company Furnace
The Oregon Iron Company Furnace, or Oswego Iron Furnace, is an iron furnace used by the Oregon Iron Company, in Lake Oswego, Oregon's George Rogers Park, in the United States. The structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 and underwent a major renovation in 2010.
1.7 km · historic industrial facility in Lake Oswego, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 05Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge
The Lake Oswego Railroad Bridge is a truss railroad bridge that spans the Willamette River between Lake Oswego, Oregon and Oak Grove, Oregon. Owned by the Union Pacific Railroad, it is currently leased by the Portland and Western Railroad and carries the Milwaukie branch.
1.5 km · bridge in Oregon to Oak Grove, Oregon · Wikipedia - 06Lake Oswego Transit Center
The Lake Oswego Transit Center is a transit center operated by TriMet, at 4th Street and A Avenue in Lake Oswego, Oregon. The following bus routes serve the transit center: 35 – Macadam/Greeley 78 – Denney/Kerr Parkway Discontinued 8/23/26 37 – Lake Grove 153 – Stafford/Salamo In 2002, an overhaul was planned due to the proliferation of pedestrian obstacles.
2.2 km · TriMet transit center in Lake Oswego, Oregon, U.S. · Wikipedia - 07Portland Aquarium
The Portland Aquarium was a 12,500-square-foot for-profit aquarium in Oak Grove, Oregon, United States that opened to the public on December 15, 2012. On February 16, 2016 the aquarium closed and the animals were distributed to other aquariums in its chain of private, for-profit aquariums.
1.8 km · aquarium in Oregon, United States · Wikipedia - 08Tryon Creek State Natural Area
The Tryon Creek State Natural Area is a state park located primarily in Portland, in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is the only Oregon state park within a major metropolitan area.
3.8 km · Park and natural area in Portland, Oregon, U.S. · Wikipedia - 09Milwaukie Riverfront Park
Milwaukie Riverfront Park is an 8.5-acre park adjacent to downtown Milwaukie, Oregon, United States. Portland's annual Christmas Ships Parade can be viewed from Milwaukie Riverfront Park.
3 km · public park in Milwaukie, Oregon, U.S. · Wikipedia - 10H. L. and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett House
The Henry Ladd and Gretchen Hoyt Corbett House is a Colonial Revival-style house in Dunthorpe, Oregon, an unincorporated suburb of Portland. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
3.1 km · historic house near Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Oak Grove
- Airports
- Portland (PDX), 19 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 227 km
- Stations
- Milwaukie/Main Street, 2.7 km · Southeast Park Street, 1.6 km
- Seattle → Oak Grove245 km · quickest by road, 4h 41m · $23–32
- Spokane → Oak Grove470 km · quickest by air, 6h 34m · $180–270
- Boise → Oak Grove548 km · quickest by air, 6h 42m · $180–270
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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 Oak Grove
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 Oak Grove. 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 Oak Grove
Oak Grove is 12 km from Portland, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Lake Oswegocity in Oregon, USA2.2 km
- Milwaukiecity in Oregon, USA3.3 km
- Dunthorpeunincorporated suburb of Portland, Oregon, United States2.4 km
- Lakewoodunincorporated community in Oregon2.1 km
- Milwaukie Heightsunincorporated community in Oregon1.5 km