This park in downtown Portland is named after Francis W. Pettygrove -- one of the early owners and developers of the Portland townsite. He was the winner of the historic coin toss with Asa Lovejoy which determined the name of the city that they founded. Pettygrove, from Portland, Maine, was the owner of Portland's first house, wharf, warehouse, and store.
Peninsula Park is a lovely example of a formally designed neighborhood park, typical of the early 1900s, which includes the city's first public rose garden.
A must visit park, featuring expansive views of downtown Portland!
The Old Apple Tree was planted in 1826 on Fort Vancouver and is thought to be the oldest apple tree in the Northwest. It is also considered the matriarch of Washington State's apple industry. Vancouver's Old Apple Tree is 176 years old and it's ready for another celebration of life.
Oaks Pioneer Church, originally St. John's Episcopal Church, was built in 1851 on the outskirts of the pioneer town of Milwaukie. Thanks to the efforts of civic leaders the old church has been preserved. In 1961 the church was shipped by barge to the ferry slip on the end of Spokane Street, placed in its current location at the edge of Sellwood Park, and renamed Oaks Pioneer Church. It was restored by the Sellwood-Moreland Improvement League and is now listed as a Portland Historical Landmark and is included in the National Register of Historic Places.
These historic blocks, some of the original park properties in Portland, extend from the South Park Blocks -- providing a lovely canopy to relax and play under in the heart of the city.
Mt Tabor is a very popular destination and features expansive views of downtown Portland, picnic areas, a dog off-leash area, natural surface and paved paths, a playground, a performance stage, and tennis, volleyball and basketball courts.
Located twenty miles east of the city of Portland, Oregon, and the northern Willamette River valley, the Mt. Hood National Forest extends south from the strikingly beautiful Columbia River Gorge across more than sixty miles of forested mountains, lakes and streams to Olallie Scenic Area, a high lake basin under the slopes of Mt. Jefferson. Visitors enjoy fishing, camping, boating and hiking in the summer, hunting in the fall, and skiing and other snow sports in the winter.
This cute piece of nature is Portland's smallest park.
The McLoughlin Promenade is a 7.8-acre linear park on the bluff above downtown Oregon City.
