Portland metropolitan area
The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S.
The Portland metropolitan area is a metro area with its core in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington. It has 5 principal cities, the largest being Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) identifies it as the Portland–Vancouver–Hillsboro, OR–WA Metropolitan Statistical Area, a metropolitan statistical area used by the United States Census Bureau (USCB) and other entities. The OMB defines the area as comprising Clackamas, Columbia, Multnomah, Washington, and Yamhill Counties in Oregon, and Clark and Skamania Counties in Washington. The area had a population of 2,512,859 at the 2020 census, an increase of over 12% since 2010.
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Worth seeing in and around Portland metropolitan area
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.
2.6 km · 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.
3.8 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.
3.1 km · public university in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 04Reed 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.
2.7 km · private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon · Wikipedia - 05Portland 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.
3.2 km · art museum in Portland, Oregon · Wikipedia - 06Archdiocese 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.
2.7 km · archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the United States · Wikipedia - 07MAX 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.
3.1 km · light rail system serving the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area in the United States · Wikipedia - 08Oregon 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.
3 km · public university in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia - 09Wells Fargo Center
Wells Fargo Center is a 40-story, 546 ft tower and adjoining five-story office building with three basement parking levels in Portland, Oregon. The tower became the tallest building in the state of Oregon when it was completed in 1972.
2.8 km · building in Oregon, United States · Wikipedia - 10Veterans Memorial Coliseum
The Veterans Memorial Coliseum is an indoor arena located in the oldest part of the Rose Quarter area in Portland, Oregon. The arena is the home of the Portland Winterhawks, a major junior ice hockey team, and was the original home of the Portland Trail Blazers of the National Basketball Association.
3.9 km · indoor arena in Portland, Oregon, USA · Wikipedia
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Getting to Portland metropolitan area
- Airports
- Portland (PDX), 11 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 218 km
- Stations
- Convention Center, 3.5 km · Old Town / Chinatown, 3.2 km · Rose Quarter Transit Center, 3.6 km · Lloyd Center / Northeast 11th Avenue, 3.4 km · Goose Hollow / Southwest Jefferson Street, 3.9 km
- Seattle → Portland metropolitan areaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Spokane → Portland metropolitan areaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Boise → Portland metropolitan areaTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
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No local-transport research exists yet for Portland metropolitan area
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 metropolitan area. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Go next50 mi (80 km) from the Cascade Range and 90 mi (145 km) from the Pacific Ocean, Portland is the perfect home base for day trips to both mountains and sea.
- Go nextThere are several options for day trips or next destinations available: {{listing | name | url | address | long east of Portland on Interstate 84 | phone | hours | lastedit=2021-07-02 | content=For a scenic drive, travel east on Interstate 84 to exit 22, take the Corbett Exit and follow the road 1.5 mi up the hill to the Historic Columbia River Highway.
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Next door to Portland metropolitan area
Portland metropolitan area is 3 km from Portland, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Downtown Portlandcity center of Portland, Oregon3.2 km
- United States District Court for the District of OregonUnited States federal district court of Oregon (U.S. state)2.7 km
- Hawthorne, Portlandarea of Portland, Oregon, U.S2.7 km