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Portland aerial tour

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Portland, OR - roughly 550,000 in city, 2,200,000 in metro area

Other aerial tours:

Seattle
Spokane

Downtown Portland along the Willamette River, looking NE. Columbia River & PDX airport in distance. Portland State University SE of downtown. Rose Garden, home of NBA Blazers is on the hill across the river from downtown.




Looking North. Oregon Health & Sciences University (Oregon's med school) is on the hill south of downtown.






Looking W.




Looking E.




Looking SW.




Looking W.over the West Hills. Forest Park is the forest along the ridge NW of downtown. Washington Park & Oregon Zoo is to the right of where the freeway cuts through the hill.




Over Portland's hot Pearl District, home of a condo boom & development, looking South.





Looking East.




Looking ENE. Mt. Hood in distance. Columbia River runs along left side of pic in distance.




Port of Portland. Looking SSE to downtown down the Willamette R. University of Portland at bottom of pic next to river.




Looking E. up the Columbia from its junction with the Willamette towards PDX airport.



Jantzen Beach on Hayden Island in the middle of the Columbia on the Oregon side. No sales tax in Oregon so folks from Vancouver, WA do much of their shopping on the Oregon side of the river..




Jantzen Beach. Downtown Vancouver, WA across river. Historic Ft. Vancouver on right side of pic.




Looking SW to downtown from the airport.




Portland International Airport (PDX) along the Columbia River. Vancouver, WA (population of roughly 150,000) on opposite bank.




Looking NE.




Most of the city limits of Portland are in this photo. Looking Westish.




Gresham & other of Portland's eastern suburbs looking North across the Columbia to rapidly growing Clark County, WA. Mt St. Helens & Mt. Rainier in upper right.




Looking NW down McLaughlin Ave (99 E).





Looking NE over Tualitin & Lake Oswego, home of one of Portland's hot commerical districts. S. Portland in distance.




Looking North from Lake Oswego.




Downtown Lake Oswego.




Tigard, Beaverton & other western Portland suburbs. Looking North.




More western burbs.





Beaverton looking West. Nike Headquarters (white buildings around small lake) on upper right.




Hillsboro, Portland's far west suburb, looking West.




Looking East to Portland.




Wilsonville. I-5 crosses the Willamette. Looking north across Tualatin Valley towards Portland.




Oregon City looking NW towards downtown Portland.




Washougal & Camas, WA.




Vancouver, WA looking West towards downtown Vancouver.






Battle Ground, WA with Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, & Mt. Adams in distance.




Ridgefield, WA, birthplace of U-Haul (20 miles North of Portland ) with Mt. Rainier, Mt. St. Helens, & Mt. Adams in distance.

 
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I have heard great things about Portland and this really shows how cool it is. Thanks for the pics:bow:
 
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