Beaumont-Wilshire

This area is an older, well-known neighborhood in Northeast Portland. People in the neighborhood love its walkability to the surrounding local shops, small cafes, and restaurants that give it a neighborhood feel all its own.

Grant Park

Grant Park, in the Northeast section of Portland, is a quaint and charming area with well-established homes and businesses, large, beautiful trees, areas for recreation, and a playground for kids. The park offers a major social area for the neighborhood and is a community-building focal point.

Irvington

Irvington is an historic neighborhood in the northeast section of Portland. Many of the homes in the area are the original structures built in the late 1800s and are still intact and well-preserved. There you’ll find a number of quaint restaurants, mainly along NE Fremont, and more robust shopping centers along the southern border.

Pearl District

The Pearl is a newly revived and distinct area in Portland, densely populated with historic buildings and sleek high-rise apartments. Here you’ll find independent retailers, beautiful parks and old warehouse-style studio art galleries. In the Pearl, you can satisfy any craving. Whether you are looking for South American, Italian, or American Pub food, it has it all.

Sunnyside Hawthorne

Eclectic, family-friendly, hipster-friendly, hippie-friendly, educated, opinionated Hawthorne District is located in the Southeast area of Portland, between 11th and 55th Avenue. Hawthorne consists of a collection of neighborhoods rather than a single neighborhood: Buckman, Ladd’s Addition, Hosford-Abernathy, Sunnyside, Mt. Tabor, and Richmond.



The Pittock Mansion is a beautiful château in the West Hills of Portland that’s surrounded by hiking trails and gardens, and features picturesque city views.



Mt. Rainier is a staple for all outdoor enthusiasts. With breathtaking views and trails for all climbers, Mt. Rainier is the highest mountain of the Cascade Range and is described by some as a “hiker’s paradise.”



Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge is a panoramic, vertical-lift bridge that stretches the Willamette River and joins Hawthorne Boulevard and Madison Street. It’s the oldest operating vertical-lift bridge in the US.



Portland is a coffee drinker’s haven. Some coffee brewers have even revolutionized the business by bringing sophisticated flavors to the masses and refining the average coffee drinker’s palate.



Southwest Portland is home to many funky, offbeat doughnut shops where you can find bacon maple or tang-marshmallow doughnuts in a jiff.



The Oregon Museum of Science & Industry (OMSI) is an interactive science and tech museum with lots of hands-on exhibits to keep you busy and to keep you learning. Exhibits cover natural sciences, industry, and technology.



Created in the 1960s, this scenic five-acre Japanese Garden was started by citizens who wanted to have a more personal relationship between the people of Japan and Portland. Garden strollers should aim to discover a sense of peace, harmony, and oneness with nature.

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