Sprawling park along the river with a good sized parking lot. Nice playground area & equipment…read more Clean restroom facilities (bonus!). Paved trails along with lots of green open areas and a picnic area. If you walk down to the low pier on the river and boats are passing by, be prepared to get water splashed on you from below as the waves slosh against the pier underneath you (but that feels pretty good on a warm day!).

This is my absolute FAVORITE park in Portland for kids. The giant trees are excellent shade…read more Absolutely gorgeous in the summer and keeps you cool! It's also great in the cooler times. But I love the space, how much room there is to run and play, picnic benches to enjoy lunch at a table or you can use anywhere on the vast green space to picnic. I also love that this is right across the street from Commonwealth Lake Park, if you want to venture on a walk and see some of the local wildlife, or try another playground. There is always easy and great parking and it's kept SO clean and SO lovely year round. I have 0 bad things to say about this park!!! There are no toilets except for porta potties so if you're okay with that, fear not. But if you're like me, drive the 3 minutes to Cedar Hills Rec to use a real bathroom.

Great park for toddlers. They have a really nice splash pad that my granddaughter really enjoyed…read more Wonderful on a sunny summer day.

A gem of a park!…read more I've always admired all the tall, barked beauties any time I've driven by. So today when we grabbed lunch to-go nearby I requested we bring it back to eat amongst the treeeeees. The park is fab...bocce ball courts and volleyball courts, a lovely play area, and picnic tables. Everything looked very well-maintained and clean. And, if you're like me and adore trees, it's just a great place to sit in your car, relax and take them all in while you eat. :)

This little park is right off Canyon Road. It has a big grassy area, a jungle gym, and a swing set…read more It's usually pretty quiet. And while it is a great little park, it's a pain to get to. There's no convenient parking nearby. You can take the 58 and hop off nearby, but Canyon Road runs out of sidewalk block or so before 73rd, so walking down the tiny bike lane can be a little too exciting. (From looking at the map, i think you can probably cut through on Crestdale Dr and Crestdale Ct., but i haven't tried that yet.)

West slope is a postage stamp sized park in the West Hills that serves approximately 12 houses in…read moreWest Slope. If you live nearby, like we do, it is AWESOME. If you don't live nearby, it 100% is not worth driving to. Our kids love the swing set and exploring the edges of the park. I love that this means we do not need to buy a swing set of our own. It's also great for sledding in the wintertime. Honestly, there isn't much here but we love it because it's close and we can it's a great easy destination when we just need some fresh air. THPRD maintains this really well, despite it being tiny and unimportant to most. Minus one star for lack of a basketball hoop.

I work nearby here and it's just a three minute walk away. The neighborhoods surrounding the area…read moreare absolutely beautiful. It's a very safe place for the most part and it's a private park, bust open to public in the area who live nearby or work. I highly recommend checking out this park is it's so beautiful in the spring in summertime. Take a jog through the neighborhoods and enjoy the beautiful housing! Get inspired. Great area.

Really nice park. Has a playground with 2 play structures - one for older kids and one for younger…read morekids. This park has a bathroom, a duck pond and some walking trails. Street parking only, but in a really nice neighborhood.

This is another park that's maintained by the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation folks. It's a…read moretiny little park compared to others in the area and is right next to the elementary school. Mostly suited to young spore and their out-of-wind grand parents (or, in my case, Great Grands).... there's also a tennis court that she is too young to use and I am far too old to use. Also a water feature with various migratory fowl which she enjoys. Quack, quack.... her imitation that I get to listen to for the next several hours. The THP&Rec folks do a good job keeping the place up. Always clean and well kept. My tax levy at work I guess. The only thing missing is an ice cream stand and maybe a Geritol dispenser.

There is a playground which is best for younger kids, a few swings, there is a baseball diamond,…read moretennis courts, and nice grassy hill areas for dogs and kids to run around. I brought my 2- year-old here in the late afternoon on a weekday and there were other kids, but not a ton. It's a smallish playground with a play structure, a toddler teeter totter (try saying that 5-times fasts), a sit and spin thing, and about 3 swings). There was enough here to keep her occupied for 45 mins. It was clean and well maintained.

Every business, institution and home sits on land. The land is divided into lots, with lines drawn…read moreby surveyors and a whole chain of legal documents. How did those lines get there? I learned about this from my surveyor http://www.yelp.com/biz/chase-jones-and-associates-portland. They got there from here. The entire Oregon Territory, which includes Washington, was surveyed from this single point set June 4, 1851. Why the surveyor did not choose Council Crest is a mystery. The Willamette Stone State Heritage Site has a parking lot on the South, wooded side of Skyline. There is a paved path with steps at the end to a concrete pad. Set in the center is a stainless steel marker for the Willamette Meridian - the North - South line, and the Willamette Baseline, the East - West line. There are a few benches, some inset lines and a plaque explaining the surveying system devised by Thomas Jefferson and used throughout the country, including here. You might think with GPS we would not need surveyors. Not so, surveyors work to an accuracy of 1/10 inch and GPS is 50-1000 times less accurate. So no, you cannot survey your land with your Garmin. And yes, current laser survey equipment is very accurate. Those laser measurements are based off this marker. Think about this, every property line, building location, road, pipe, utility pole, every elevation, anything built by humans in Oregon and Washington is legally defined by this marker. This is not the most exciting park. The Masons would totally vibe on this spot. If children take an interest in surveying or the geometry behind it, maybe there is a teaching moment here. Or if children become interested in land use law, this is part of that. Certainly it is an historic location. Not the most wheelchair accessible spot. The paved path is a moderate grade with a few bumps caused by roots under the asphalt. There are a few steps right above the marker pad, which can be viewed from there. There is a gravel path which bypasses the stairs. The Willamette Stone is where the lines we draw on land began. It's Oregon and Washington's belly button. No rush to visit, it will be there as long as we are here.

If you are looking for a beautiful hike in the woods, this is NOT the place to go. On the other…read morehand, if you're a history +/or geocaching geek, then geek out. The nearby cemetery is MUCH more interesting. Even better, the McCleay trail from the Pittock Mansion parking lot (the upper, corner of the paved lot), down to the Lower McCleay. Pros - Lots of parking - Historical Cons - Compared to other trails in the woods, this one is the pits!

I drive by so often I sometimes forget how freaking great Gabriel Park is. The place is huge,…read morenicely laid out, and it is IMO a lovely place to spend an afternoon or even a weekend. Plus it's got a little bit of everything; paved walking paths, or dirt trails if you like; basketball courts; lots of picnic tables; tennis courts; two baseball fields; two dog parks; a skate park; an old growth forest (no joke!); open meadows; an up to date playground, and I'm sure a bunch of other things I'm missing. There's a small parking lot and usually plenty of on street parking if you're driving here, and Multnomah Village is just over the hill. And it's all free.

There is so much to do at this park and multiple parking spots and access points. Tennis courts,…read moreplayground, bathrooms, basketball court, soccer field, skate park, dog park, trails, community garden, baseball diamond and more! Large rolling hills with expansive grassy areas for picnics and views. If you are looking for recreation, you can find it here. Beautiful day and evening.

This is a nice little park and nature walk close to home. Built and maintained by the Tualatin…read moreHill Rec people. My real estate taxes and bond measures paid for it so I might as well use and enjoy it, right? Nice little paved ADA nature walk trail suitable for taking the GrandSpore on a stroll. There's also some interesting granite sculpture work to look at here. A small park for sure and tiny compared to other Tualatin Hills venues but it's a nice neighborhood stop. If you weren't a townie you wouldn't even know it's here as it is a couple of blocks off Cornell.

Nice, basic trail with new railings and bridges. Has interesting wilderness all year round. Jackie…read moreHusen Park at one end is a good place to throw a frisbee, but the middle area of the grass can get muddy after rain.

Great little playground and picnic area. The 2yo and I went when it was a little rainy and dreary,…read moreso there wasn't much to do. The play structure is set up for kiddos with a bit more coordination and independence, so it's not too great for toddlers. But there's a cute little ABCs matching game and lots of grass to run around on. We'll definitely be going back when it's sunny and warm.

This park is great, my sister loves taking her dog here during the summer. There is a small play…read morestructure that our little cousins really enjoy as well. And there is a huge lot of grass where people usually play sports and sometimes let their dog roam around.

Griffith park is super close to some of our quick grab and go food spots ( Noodles and Co., Qdoba,…read moreUwajimaya, Einstein's, Ki Coffee) and the former Coffee Rush with the gelato ( RIP) used to be kitty corner (an after swim class Princess tradition). Also my ex worked nearby for 5 years so we have been hanging out here on and off for years. We like it. It's a little triangular park near downtown Beaverton. There is on street parking with shade. There are nice big trees, picnic tables, usually there is soft green grass, there are trash cans, and sometimes when it's wet the middle part fills up with water and the ducks show up. There are not typically any sketchy things going on because Beaverton PD is across the street. Which is nice when the kiddos want to run around. Today I had pest control come to my new- built in 1967- expensive- crummy -bug infested- apartment. Elliott the furry beast and I need to hang out for two hours away from home. If you know me at all you can bet I got an iced soy vanilla latte and headed here to chill out with Elliott napping in his carrier. ( with the occasional outraged meowwwwwow). It is a perfect place to catch up on social media and people watch a little bit. Give it a try. I highly reccommend it. If the gelato would just come back it'd be an 11/10.