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Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)

Washington Park
Pdx washpark rosegarden loop garden.jpeg
Garden near north entrance
Washington Park (Portland, Oregon) is located in Portland, Oregon
Washington Park (Portland, Oregon)
Nearest city Portland, Oregon
Coordinates 45°30′57″N 122°42′27″W / 45.51583°N 122.70750°W / 45.51583; -122.70750Coordinates: 45°30′57″N 122°42′27″W / 45.51583°N 122.70750°W / 45.51583; -122.70750
Area 410 acres (170 ha)
Created 1909
Operated by Portland Parks & Recreation

Washington Park is a public urban park in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. It includes a zoo, forestry museum, arboretum, children's museum, rose garden, Japanese garden, amphitheatre, memorials, archery range, tennis courts, soccer field, picnic areas, playgrounds, public art and many acres of wild forest with miles of trails. Washington Park covers more than 410 acres (166 hectares) on mostly steep, wooded hillsides which range in elevation from 200 feet (61 m) at 24th & W Burnside to 870 feet (265 m) at SW Fairview Blvd. It comprises 159.7 acres (64.63 hectares) of city park land that has been officially designated as "Washington Park" by the City of Portland, as well as the adjacent 64-acre (26 ha) Oregon Zoo and the 189-acre (76 ha) Hoyt Arboretum, which together make up the area described as "Washington Park" on signs and maps.

The City of Portland purchased the original 40.78 acres (16.5 hectares) in 1871 from Amos King for $32,624, a controversially high price for the time. The area, designated "City Park", was wilderness with few roads. Thick brush, trees and roaming cougar discouraged access. In the mid-1880s, Charles M. Meyers was hired as park keeper. A former seaman without landscape training, he transformed the park by drawing on memories of his native Germany and European parks. By 1900, there were roads, trails, landscaped areas with lawns, manicured hedges, flower gardens, and a zoo. Cable cars were added in 1890 and operated until the 1930s. The City of Portland constructed two reservoirs in the park in 1893 and 1894.


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