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Featuring 33 self-guided walking tours, Walking Portland leads readers through the city's interesting, scenic, and historic places.
List of contents
Acknowledgments
Author's Note
Overview Map
Introduction
Walking Tours
- Old Town and Chinatown
- Downtown Park Blocks
- Pearl District
- Northwest 21st and 23rd Avenues
- Goose Hollow
- Washington Park
- Forest Park
- Chapman School to Leif Erikson Drive
- Nicolai and Slabtown
- Hawthorne Bridge to Steel Bridge
- Tram to South Waterfront
- Industrial Southeast
- Division/Clinton, Ladd's Addition
- Hawthorne Boulevard
- Stark-Belmont
- Montavilla
- Kerns and Laurelhurst Park
- Irvington
- Hollywood
- Upper Sandy
- Fremont to Williams
- Mississippi to Killingsworth
- Alberta Arts District
- Historic Kenton
- St. Johns and Cathedral Park
- Columbia River Walk
- Lents
- Reed College and Woodstock
- Sellwood
- Multnomah Village
- Fernhill Park to Woodlawn
- Milwaukie
- Mount Scott and Mount Talbert
Appendix: Walks by Theme
Index
About the Author
About the author
Becky Ohlsen has lived in Portland since 1995. She is a freelance writer and editor who has contributed to a variety of publications, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning newsweekly Willamette Week, The Oregonian, Portland Monthly, and Lonely Planet, for which she has written several guidebooks about Scandinavia and the Pacific Northwest. She is also the author of new editions of Backpacking Oregon, Best Tent Camping: Oregon, and One Night Wilderness: Portland, all published by AdventureKEEN.
Summary
Get to Know Portland’s Most Vibrant and Historic Neighborhoods
Grab your walking shoes, and become an urban adventurer. Local author Becky Ohlsen guides you through 33 unique walking tours in this comprehensive guidebook. The self-guided tours highlight the Rose City’s many charms. Go beyond the obvious with tours that showcase hidden gardens, historic landmarks, award-winning restaurants, old-school taverns, oddball shops, and edgy warehouse galleries. Stroll past coffee shops that line the streets at the foot of an extinct volcano. Swing through an independent bookstore, and grab flavorful eats from one of the city’s food-cart “pods.” Cross bridges and graveyards, and wander a Smithsonian-honored boulevard.
Each featured walk includes full-color photographs and detailed neighborhood maps, along with vital public transportation and parking details. Route summaries highlight points of interest on each tour, while tips on where to dine, have a drink, and shop help to ensure that you find the “can’t miss” locales. You’ll soak up history, stories, and trivia on your way to the best parks, shops, restaurants, and nightlife in Oregon.
