Hike the Champoeg State Heritage (Park) Trails and river views right at the venue. (0 minutes away!) https://www.alltrails.com/trail/us/oregon/champoeg-state-heritage-area-loop Historic Butteville Store (Oregon’s oldest store, hand churned ice cream) (5 min away) https://butteville.org/butteville_store.html Durant Olive OIl (one of the only olive oil producers in PNW), (15ish min away). Also winetasting here. https://durantoregon.com/ Red Hills market (local food, bevs, & more) https://www.redhillsmarket.com/menu
Silver Falls State Park (a must see if you can get out there, Many water falls, easy-hard hikes, pick your level) https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=151 Multnomah Falls (outside of portland, off the highway) https://oregon.com/attractions/multnomah_falls Evergreen Aviation & Space Museum (Sproose Goose!) - https://www.evergreenmuseum.org/
Within 15-20 min of venu: Remy Wines (LGBTQ owned). Durant Vineyards (olive oil!). Bergstrom Wines. Furioso Vineyards. Nicolas-Jay Estate. Domaine Droughin. Resonance. In the Willamette Valley a bit further: Willamette Valley Vineyards (good views). Ankeny Vineyards (good pizza). Johan vineyards (friend recommended) .Youngberg Hill Winery. K& M Wines (friend recommended)
Food carts (they are everywhere, a must) Portland Japanese Garden. Chinese Garden Downtown. Forestry Museum https://worldforestry.org/ Powell’s Bookstore Downtown (Burnside). VoodooDoughnut (donuts with a flare, kinda a portland thing) Oregon Historical Society Museum https://www.ohs.org/museum/ OMSI children’s science museum https://omsi.edu/ McMenniman’s restaurants/pubs are kinda a thing https://www.mcmenamins.com/ McMenniman’s Edgefield/kennedy school (place to chill/explore/have a beverage) Drive the Columbia River Gorge Hop Scotch Interactive Art Exhibit
Tillamook Creamery (cheese! Ice creamI cows!) https://www.tillamook.com/visit-us Goonies House! (Astoria) https://goonieshome.com/ Astoria Column https://astoriacolumn.org/ Cannon Beach https://www.cannonbeach.org/things-to-do/beaches-and-parks/haystack-rock/ Cape Kiwanda (sand dunes) https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=park.profile&parkId=130 Newport.