Wilkes, Portland

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Wilkes is the northeasternmost neighborhood in Portland, Oregon, bordered on the north by the Columbia River and on the east by the city of Gresham. It adjoins the neighborhoods of Argay, Russell, and Hazelwood on the west, and Glenfair on the south. Interstate 84 runs through the middle of the neighborhood. ()

Coordinates: 45°32'56"N, 122°29'52"W

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East Portland (Wilkes)Portland United States

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Wilkes – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Columbia Pioneer Cemetery, Blue Lake Regional Park, Jacob Zimmerman House, Glendoveer Golf Course.

3.2 miW
Cemetery
Columbia Pioneer Cemetery, Portland
81 min walk • Columbia Pioneer Cemetery is an historic cemetery in Portland, Oregon's Parkrose neighborhood, in the United States. The cemetery was established in 1877, and acquired by Multnomah County in 1951.
2.5 miE
State park, Park
Blue Lake Regional Park, Fairview
64 min walk • Blue Lake Regional Park is a public park in Fairview, in the U.S. state of Oregon. The 101-acre park, near the south shore of the Columbia River in Multnomah County, includes many covered and uncovered picnic areas, playing fields for sports such as softball, a cross country...
0.5 miE
Museum
Jacob Zimmerman House, Gresham
12 min walk • Jacob Zimmerman House was the home of Jacob and Lena Zimmerman, German American settlers who came west over the Oregon Trail in 1851 to what became Multnomah County in the U.S. state of Oregon. Built in 1874, the house was part of a 600-acre dairy farm.
1.6 miSW
45°31'47"N • 122°31'1"W
Glendoveer Golf Course, Portland
42 min walk • Golf, Outdoor activities
2.4 miSE
Square
Plaza del Sol, Gresham
62 min walk • Plaza del Sol is a plaza located at Southeast Stark Street and 187th Avenue in Gresham, Oregon's Rockwood neighborhood, in the United States. It features an art installation and model of the solar system, created in 2009. The site was formerly occupied by a Fred Meyer store, and purchased by the city in 2005.
1.9 miN
Island
Government Island
49 min walk • Government Island is a 1,760-acre island in the Columbia River north of Portland, in Multnomah County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Though Interstate 205 passes over it on the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, access to the island is only by boat. There is a city controlled locked gate in the fence surrounding the freeway.
2.2 miSE
Library
Rockwood Library, Portland
57 min walk • The Rockwood Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, located in Portland, Oregon. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.
3 miSW
Library
Midland Library, Portland
76 min walk • The Midland Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Portland in the U.S. state of Oregon. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.
1.8 miNE
Island
McGuire Island
46 min walk • Government Island is a 1,760-acre island in the Columbia River north of Portland, in Multnomah County, in the U.S. state of Oregon. Though Interstate 205 passes over it on the Glenn L. Jackson Memorial Bridge, access to the island is only by boat. There is a city controlled locked gate in the fence surrounding the freeway.
3.1 miE
History museum, Museum
Fairview City Jail, Fairview
78 min walk • The Fairview City Jail is a former jail building located in Ne-cha-co-kee Park at 120 1st Street in Fairview, Oregon, in the United States. It was built in 1915, next to the old Fairview City Hall at 60 Main Street.
3.1 miE
Library
Fairview-Columbia Library, Fairview
78 min walk • The Fairview-Columbia Library is a branch of the Multnomah County Library, in Fairview in the U.S. state of Oregon. It serves residents of Fairview, Troutdale, Corbett, and elsewhere in the eastern part of the county. The branch offers the Multnomah County Library catalog of two million books, periodicals and other materials.