Residency program - about Portland
Portland and Oregon
The OHSU campus sits high on a hilltop overlooking the city of Portland.
From its windows you can see downtown
Portland with the Willamette River winding through the city. With a population
of just under a million and a half, the Portland metropolitan area is
a city full of culture and commerce: museums and galleries, a thriving
theater and music community, an excellent mass transit
system, a NBA basketball team, and a wide variety of shops and restaurants.
Portland contains 7,500 acres of parkland in 160 locations, including
Forest Park, the largest urban wilderness within any U.S. city.
View of Portland from
OHSU (with Mt. St. Helens)
Opportunities for outdoor recreation abound. Nearby rivers and lakes invite
swimming, fishing, sailing and other water sports. Mt. Hood, which is
visible from OHSU and has a year-round ski area, is only an hour's drive
away. The beautiful Oregon coast can be reached in about 90 minutes.
Oregon is famous for its varied terrain of rivers, lakes,
desert, national forests and parks.
Oregon's climate ranges from cool in the forests of the Cascade mountains to arid in Eastern Oregon's deserts. Temperatures in Portland average a mild 67 degrees in summer and 42 degrees in winter.
Visit the following web sites to learn more about the Pacific Northwest.
Oregon's climate ranges from cool in the forests of the Cascade mountains to arid in Eastern Oregon's deserts. Temperatures in Portland average a mild 67 degrees in summer and 42 degrees in winter.
Visit the following web sites to learn more about the Pacific Northwest.
- Portland CitySearch - a comprehensive online community guide to Portland
- Portland Vistor Information - Portland Oregon Visitors Association
- Oregon OnLine - State of Oregon Website
- Oregon Coast Aquarium
- Portland Art Museum
- OMSI - Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
- Powell's Books - One of the largest bookstores in the world
- NBA's Blazers.com - Official website of the Portland Trail Blazers
Last updated: April 28, 2008 | Site maintained
by Michelle Bryant: dermatol@ohsu.edu

