Featuring 33 self-guided walking tours, Walking Portland leads readers through the city¿s interesting, scenic, and historic places.

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.

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