Destinations · Oregon
Portland (Oregon)/Southwest
OR · 45.5137, -122.6780
From Portland (Oregon)/Southwest, Oregon, Byway's registries place 8 scenic byways, 3 public land units and 1 campground within 30 miles.
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.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- JCT SR 5 VIC VANCOUVER ALONG WESTSIDE VANCOUVER LAKE TO NW LOWER RIVER RD · 8 mi
- Vineyard and Valley · 10 mi
- Mount Hood · 13 mi · national
- JCT SR 500 VIC VANCOUVER TO JCT SR 5 VIC WOODLAND · 13 mi
- Historic Columbia River · 15 mi · national
- JCT CROSSING OF GIBBONS CREEK VIC WASHOUGAL TO JCT PLYMOUTH INDUSTRIAL RD · 18 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
- Wells Fargo History Exhibit · 0 mi
- Liberty Bell · 0 mi
- Portland Police Museum · 0 mi
- Mayor Vera Katz · 0 mi
- Catherine Sohm · 0 mi
- Soldiers Monument · 0 mi
- Fountain for Company H · 0 mi
- Thomas Jefferson · 0 mi
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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