Washington Park is a 410-acre public urban park in Portland. Established in 1871, it is one of city’s oldest green areas. It covers steep wooded hillsides and features Portland’s Zoo, an arboretum, an amphitheater, the World Forestry Center with a treetop canopy ride, a children's museum, and an authentic Japanese garden. You can also find the International Rose Test Garden, which boasts 10,000 roses.

Other features of the park include an archery range, several memorials, tennis courts, a soccer field, picnic areas, kids’ playground with giant castle structures, slides, bridges, ramps and swings, public art, and miles of trails that run through the forest. The 30-mile long Wildwood Trail spans the entire length of Forest Park. Many other smaller trails go in all directions throughout the park. Every summer in July, the park hosts the Washington Park Concert Festival, offering free evening concerts in the Rose Garden Amphitheater.

Washington Park, 4033 Southwest Canyon Road, Portland, OR 97221, Phone: 503-319-0999

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