Troutdale Travel Guide

 glabah Says:  Temporarily located in a new home while their main gallery is being remodeled, you will find that Rip Caswell creates some impressive work. The huge bronze moose in front of the building (with burgular alarms and a sign that says WARNING: MOOSE IS HOT) should tip you off as... 

 glabah Says:  Troutdale is not a large city, and the First Friday art show is therefore not a huge show. However, if you don't like the extremely crowded conditions of Portland's First Thursday show, this may be more to your liking.As a general rule, the shows start about 5 PM, and run... 

 glabah Says:  I have a very hard time trying to describe Edgefield for those who have no idea what it is. For those who are in Oregon I can say it is a "typical McMenamin Brothers Establishment" and they would know what I mean, but such a thing is meaningless to most tourists.For many... 

 glabah Says:  Cracked Pots is a group of artists that creates items from scrap material, trash, and various other cast off items.Edgefield is an old "farm" mental hospital which has been "recycled" into a brewery, golf course, hotel, pub and restaurant complex, with some fairly extensive... 

 rmdw Says:  If you'd like to see an incredibly beautiful waterfall not too far from Portland, then this is it!The hike up to the bridge is short and easy. You can also continue on up to the very top of the falls.We never ate at the lodge but the BBQ smells emanating out of it were most... 

 rmdw Says:  The Columbia River runs along the northern edge of Oregon, from Astoria at the Pacific Ocean to near Hermiston, about 2/3 the width of the state.There are great views at many places. This photo was taken from Vista House, situated at high-point along the Historic Columbia... 

 sunnywong Says:  The waterfalls plunge in a shape that seems to ideally suit their names - they look just like horse tails! Horsetail is my favorite of all the falls. For one thing, it is practically on the highway, so you don't have to walk in. For another, there are lots of good places to... 

 sunnywong Says:  Benson Bridge crafted by Italian stone masons, allows visitors to cross the Multnomah Falls. In 1914, Simon Benson, a prominent businessman and owner of the falls at that time, erected the bridge. Before then, a wood log bridge was in its place. 

 glabah Says:  Troutdale has a long history, and part of that history is told in the photos on the walls of this Chinese restaurant. The food is good, and comes quickly. There are a huge number of lunch and dinner options to choose from, and you can either dine in or if you are willing to... 

 glabah Says:  Some years back (early 1990s or so) it became fashionable for Portland area antique stores to have their own coffee shop inside. This proved to draw customers into the store who would normally not visit, and therefore increase the number of spontaneous buying as well as... 

 rmdw Says:  In most every community there are a few culinary "institutions" that keep patrons coming back for decades. In Troutdale, Tad's is such a place.The restaurant is situated in an old log cabin like structure on the banks of the Sandy River, just east of downtown.Their house... 

 glabah Says:  This little neighborhood park has tenis courts, a paved walking trail, a number of picnic tables, a playground, and a number of other features that are appropriate to a neighborhood park.This might be a good place to stop if you want a quiet neighborhood area to walk around... 

 glabah Says:  Head east on SW Hensley Road from SW 257th Avenue and you will quickly come to a sharp bend in the road. This sharp bend in the road, where Hensley turns into SW 262nd, is the easiest point of entrance to find for Sunrise Park.While the park is mostly of local interest, on... 

 glabah Says:  Troutdale's preserved train station sits at the east end of downtown, with a caboose on display. There are several benches along a trail that runs for a very short distance along the Sandy River. The trail leads right up to the edge of the railroad right of way at the bridge... 

 glabah Says:  Originally built by the son of Troutdale's founder in 1900, the original farm has now become surrounded by suburban developments. To preserve this locally historic farm house and property (though most of the farm land has been turned into housing) the city of Troutdale... 

 glabah Says:  Hidden behind relatively new housing developments in the city of Troutdale, there is a fairly new city park. Made up entirely of preserved suburban wilderness along the banks of Beaver Creek Canyon, during certain times of the year this park is alive with a number of bird...