There is a lot to do around here.  But this is big country!  So some driving is required to see it all.

Individual hikes in these areas are not listed, but there are literally hundreds of them, and many are spectacular.  Hiking is the best way to see many of these areas.

Whether you like zoos and museums, the beach or the mountains, or hikes and wildlife parks, there is anything you want to see and do here.

Portland Rock Gym

Battle Ground State Park - Lake with lots of walking trails

Bouldering Gym = Portland

Fort Vancouver  - Historical site

International Rose Test Garden at Washington Park - Portland Parks & Recreation

 Japanese Garden - Portland, Oregon  

Lan Su Chinese Garden

Leach Botanical Garden 

 Oaks Park - Amusement park

 Oregon Maritime Center & Museum - Sternwheeler Portland

 Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) 

 Oregon Zoo 

 Northwest Woodworking Studio - Woodworking school 

 Pearson Air Museum 

 Portland Art Museum 

 Portland Children's Museum 

 Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra Homepage 

 Portland Metropolitan Exposition Center - Check for possible events of interest

 Oregon Convention Center Home Page  - Check for possible events of interest

 Powells Books - Used, New, and Out of Print  - World famous, huge, fun.

 Shooting Range and Public Safety Training Center 

 White Heart Forge - Blacksmith lessons

 Ping Pong at Pips & Bounce 

 Archery Range - MILWAUKIE 

 Forge Parkour - Lessons and open gym

 Metalwood Salvage - Learn to weld, for artists

Spartan Race every August

Other events here:  http://www.xdogevents.com/

Portland International Raceway

Silver Falls State Park, near Silverton Oregon

Seattle is about 2.5 hours from here.  Tacoma is an hour and a half. 

 Butchart Gardens – Catch the fast foot ferry to Victoria

 Center for Wooden Boats– You can rent a small sailboat here, and they have a kayak program.

 LeMay Car Museum  Tacoma, WA 

 Museum of Flight - Boeing Seattle 

 Northwest Trek - A wildlife park

 Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium 

 Seattle Aquarium 

 Tacoma Glassblowing Studio 

 https://bloedelreserve.org/ - Botanic Garden

 Wolf Haven International 

 Woodland Park Zoo, Seattle WA 

 Museum of Glass 

 Foss Waterway Seaport | Foss Waterway Seaport 

 Children's Museum of Tacoma 

 Highline SeaTac Botanical Garden 

 Olympia Farmer's Market the best one around, but there are many others

 Tacoma Narrows Bridge - Be sure to watch this video first:  Failure of TN Bridge

Astoria and Long Beach are an hour to an hour and a half from here.  Cape Foulweather and Newport are closer to four hours drive time.

Columbia River Maritime Museum

Astor Column

Evergreen Aviation Museum 

Tillamook Air Museum

Cape Disappointment Lighthouse, North Head Lighthouse

Fort Stevens

Fort Clatsop

 Tillamook Forest Center 

 LINCOLN CITY GLASS CENTER - blow your own glass float 

Fort Stevens State Park - Including the South Jetty of the Columbia River

 Oregon Coast Aquarium - Newport 

Hatfield Marine Science Center - Newport

Devils Punchbowl

 Maryhill Museum of Art 

 Maryhill Stonehenge - Wikipedia 

 Oregon Hot Springs 

 Goldendale Observatory State Park Heritage Site

Cascade Locks Marine Park

Bonneville Dam Power House Tours - Underwater viewing of the fish ladder too!

Columbia Gorge Interpretive Center and Museum

Bonneville Fish Hatchery - Feed the fish, underwater viewing of massive sturgeon

Richardson Rock Ranch

Smith Rock State Park

High Desert Museum

Newberry National Volcanic Monument

Cove Palisades State Park  (rent boats here)

Head of the Metolius River

Mt Rainier National Park 

Mt St Helens Visitors Center (and Johnston Ridge Visitors Center for a view of the crater)

Mt Hood, including Timberline Lodge

 Nature Conservancy - OR places to visit 

 Nature Conservancy - WA places to visit 

 Oregon Garden - Silverton, Oregon

 Aerial Adventure Park - Gaston, OR - Tree to Tree Adventure Park 

At the coast, in the gorge, and in the mountains there are tons of hikes!  See the separate tab for hikes.