Destinations · Oregon
Southwest Portland
OR · 45.5137, -122.6780
Vineyard and Valley, Mount Hood and Historic Columbia River are 3 of 5 signed byways within 30 miles of Southwest Portland, Oregon.
Understand
Downtown Portland is the heart of the city, centered around Pioneer Square and home to modern commercial towers, new condominiums, and converted lofts, along with several museums and urban parks of interest to tourists, including Tom McCall Waterfront Park along the river. To the immediate south of Downtown is the campus of Portland State University and South Waterfront, an urban revitalization area at the southern end of the streetcar line with newly built glass residential towers.
The same roads run past Portland, where they are ranked and described in full.
Day-trip loops
Ready-made loops for Southwest Portland are growing. What is within reach is measured today; plan a live day trip and the engine routes it now.
Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Vineyard and Valley · 10 mi
- Mount Hood · 13 mi · national
- Historic Columbia River · 15 mi · national
- West Cascades · 23 mi · national
- Silver Falls · 27 mi
Public land
- Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area · 14 mi
- Mt. Hood National Forest · 14 mi
- Gifford Pinchot National Forest · 25 mi
Campgrounds
Lookouts
- Portland Women's Forum State Scenic Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Jonsrud Viewpoint · 21 mi
- Crown point · 21 mi
- Windblown Fir Viewpoint · 23 mi
Named places
- River Legend · 0 mi
- Terry Schrunk Plaza · 0 mi
- Lake Tai Rock · 0 mi
- Keller Fountain Park · 0 mi
- Wells Fargo History Exhibit · 0 mi
- Better Together Garden · 0 mi
- Liberty Bell · 0 mi
- Portland Police Museum · 0 mi
A day out of Southwest Portland, planned on real roads
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More day-trip bases nearby
- Portland · 1 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Northwest · 1 mi
- Portland Metropolitan Area · 2 mi
- Portland (Oregon)/Eastside · 3 mi
- Milwaukie · 5 mi
- Beaverton · 6 mi