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peninsula park
16.27 acres
The official Portland Rose, “Mme. Caroline Testout,” was cultivated here. Its beauty earned the city the nickname, “City of Roses.” Other official city nicknames include, “City of Bridges,”“City of Second through Sixth Wave Coffee Shops,” “City of Painting Houses Black,” and “City Where Every Neighborhood has a Bookstore They Claim is the Best.”
Wallace park
5.4 acres
After you’re all done with the playground and baseball field and basketball courts and even if you came here in early autumn to watch the swifts ascend and swirl and hunt and dive back again into the chimney of the Chapman school, this park has more to offer you. Eleven Very Small Objects, an installation of bronze statues by the artist Bill Will, are scattered in unexpected places.
Cathedral park
23.31 acres
Ok, sure, this is one of the landing sites of Lewis and Clark, but did you also know that the Cathedral Park Foundation buried a time capsule here in 1980, with plans to open it in 2030? That's just six years from now! This is going to be a huge event, so we recommend staking out and holding your spot right now.
Skidmore bluffs
5.86 acres
When you’re ready to get serious about sunsets, this is where you go. Climb yourself up above Swan Island and let the miracle of a day’s end unfold. Maybe it’s a big pink and peach explosion that looks like a Baroque painting. Maybe it’s a bit spooky, shrouded in strands of wispy rainclouds. Whatever it is, it’s the only one exactly like it ever.
Mill ends Park
452 sq in
Everyone knows this is the Guinness Book-crowned world’s smallest park. But did you also know that it’s also home to families of leprechauns, fairies, and butterflies? Bring them something nice, please. A dollhouse sofa, a toy car to scoot around in, a few fancy flowers. Bring just the right thing on the just the right day, they might come out to say thank you.
Ladd’s Addition
1.62 acres
The layout of Ladd’s Addition was inspired by Pierre L’Enfant’s design of Washington D.C., with diagonal streets leading to a central park. It breaks the street grid so dramatically that it throws visitors into a state of pleasurable discombobulation. This mystical diamond upends all sense of direction and leaves you unworried about being lost here forever.
Laurelhurst Park
The pond at Laurelhurst Park has a dark history of militaristic swans. First was General Pershing, who absolutely forbade anyone to approach the shore. Later came Big Boy, who brokered a tenuous peace with the neighborhood in exchange for 15 years of free daily meals. Thankfully, the pond is currently enjoying a prolonged period of peaceful demilitarization.
Mt. Tabor
191 acres
There's lots to recommend this lovely park, but we think the coolest thing is that it is an extinct volcano! Only six cities in the whole country have a volcano in their boundaries, and this is one of them. Part of the cinder cone, the part where the lava comes out (or used to, about 300,000 years ago), is visible near the basketball court.
colonel summers
This charming park is home to one of Portland's 60 community gardens, where residents can request plots and grow organic produce. In 2022, these gardens donated 25,303 pounds of produce to local food pantries! We don't have a silly joke about that, it just rules.
Fields park
3.2 acres
Looming over the West end of Fields Park are the remains of Centennial Mills, a flour mill that was vital to Portland’s early economy. Now, the city is looking for a buyer with a vision for the future. What would you do with it? Our vote? Fill that sucker up with jelly beans. Free jellybeans!
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