Laurelhurst Park — Attraction in Portland

We don't get out to Laurelhurst as often as we should; it's one of the best inner city parks that we have, for myriad reasons: spacious, shaded, plenty of picnic space and open greenway, trails, special events all year round (our favorites being the Water Lantern Festival and Movies in the Park), an off-leash dog area, duck pond, sports courts and fields, and likely a lot more things of which I am aware.

It's also seems, to me at least, to be one of only a handful of Portland's "living room" spaces: large enough, and conveniently central enough, to draw in folks from all over the metro area, for any of the reasons mentioned above. It's quite, serene, welcoming...nostalgic, even. A great place to commingle, or isolate, whatever your preference.

Portland is blessed with a lot of urban green spaces, but few outside of Forest Park (the G.O.A.T.) can rival the majesty, modesty, and utility of Laurelhurst. It's the sort of place that can make you fall in love with your city all over again.We don't get out to Laurelhurst as often as we should; it's one of the best inner city parks that we have, for myriad reasons: spacious, shaded, plenty of picnic space and open greenway, trails, special events all year round (our favorites being the Water Lantern Festival and Movies in the Park), an off-leash dog area, duck pond, sports courts and fields, and likely a lot more things of which I am aware.

It's also seems, to me at least, to be one of only a handful of Portland's "living room" spaces: large enough, and conveniently central enough, to draw in folks from all over the metro area, for any of the reasons mentioned above. It's quite, serene, welcoming...nostalgic, even. A great place to commingle, or isolate, whatever your preference.

Portland is blessed with a lot of urban green spaces, but few outside of Forest Park (the G.O.A.T.) can rival the majesty, modesty, and utility of Laurelhurst. It's the sort of place that can make you fall in love with your city...

Holy macaroni, this park is GORGEOUS!!! 🤩

We went to the north side of the park to join a party, and found ourselves turned around and on the south side at first, and were thrown off at a drive full of what appeared to be homeless folks' tents, but as if there was a hard line, it abruptly ended and suddenly we were driving through a beautiful neighborhood.

Having driven around the whole thing looking for our party, I'm confident in saying the north side was arguably the most beautiful part of the park itself, and had a lovely little lake/pond, lush, tall trees, and clear paths for biking, walking, running, or any number of fun things. At one point, an amazingly fun group of folks wearing costumes and riding bikes came in and started a gathering, and it looked like SUCH a blast!

People from all walks of life were out enjoying the fabulous weather, and it was great for people watching! 😂

I'm from Arizona, and not used to actual gorgeous tall trees and parks like this... We LOVED it...

This is a gorgeous park, with a small water feature in the middle on the east end. There are signs everywhere requesting that you do not litter and do not try to feed the ducks because they are trying to fix the water issues and repair the ecosystem. There are paved and bark chip trails throughout the park. It was warm on the day we walked here and there were people scattered throughout the park, sunbathing, sleeping, playing games and having picnics and the park is so big and so spread out it still felt peaceful. I suppose the giant sequoias that are scattered throughout have a lot to do with that. The entire park was well shaded, which was great on an 85 degree day in late September. The houses surrounding the park are gorgeous which just adds to the enjoyment. It felt a good 10° cooler just walking under the trees on the paved paths what are easily accessible buy wheelchair at the corners by the street and on entrances halfway...