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Location
Parking
$2.40/hour or $9.60/day parking fee
Visitor tip
Start with the International Rose Test Garden and Portland Japanese Garden early in your visit. Both are free and visitors consistently praise them as spiritually rejuvenating spaces that set a memorable tone for the day. The Japanese Garden also offers occasional cultural experiences like live music.
Visitor tip
The Wildwood Trail offers varying difficulty levels but is manageable for most visitors and connects to the Rose Garden. It's an excellent way to experience the park's natural beauty and can be combined with garden visits for a full educational experience about Oregon's forests and horticulture.
About Washington Park
400-acre park with zoo & rose garden. Huge park with varied attractions including zoo, rose garden, Japanese garden & 12 miles of trails.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Multi-attraction park complex
- Size
- 410 acres with 15 miles of trails
- Park Admission
- Free; parking $2.40/hour or $9.60/day
- Highlights
- Oregon Zoo, Japanese Garden, Rose Garden, Arboretum, Discovery Museum
What visitors say
The park is huge!!! I rode Maxi red line and got off right at the Washington Park station. The trail is underground but there are elevators that can buying you to the street level. I'm surprised how deep the rails are running…
Our day trip from Seattle led us straight into a dream at the Portland International Rose Garden in Washington Park. The moment we stepped in, it felt like walking onto the set of a romance movie…roses in every shade imaginable,…
Portland is a beautiful city. Washington Park is just one of its many treasures. We visited the Japanese Garden and got a chance to hear Japanese string music played. It was like being transported to another place and time. The walk…
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Did You Know?
- Washington Park spans 400 acres with 12-15 miles of trails, making it one of Portland's largest urban parks with multiple world-class attractions including the Oregon Zoo, Portland Japanese Garden, and International Rose Test Garden all accessible within the same venue
- The International Rose Test Garden is a functioning test garden for new rose varieties, serving as both a public attraction and an active horticultural research facility
- Washington Park features an underground MAX transit station with elevators, allowing visitors to access the 400-acre park directly via public transportation without surface-level street navigation
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