The best 5 km runs in Portland
The best scoring runs in Portland at each distance, one per district. The running page has every district.
The top 10, drawn in full Where the other runs on the running page start
- 1 From Southwest 6th & Madison5.8 km, 38 m up
- 2 From South Waterfront/
South Moody4.7 km, 22 m up - 3 From Northwest 5th & Couch5.4 km, 38 m up
- 4 From Southeast 60th & Stephens3.4 km, 133 m up
- 5 From Northwest 10th & Glisan6.4 km, 22 m up
- 6 Powell Butte Nature Park6.6 km, 149 m up
- 7 From Southwest Terwilliger & Hamilton Terrace5.3 km, 169 m up
- 8 From North Whitaker & Hayden Meadows9.6 km, 16 m up
- 9 From Northwest Northrup & 18th7.2 km, 38 m up
- 10 From Southwest Vermont & 34th3.3 km, 101 m up
The best 20 km rides in Portland
We tested a ride from a station in every 3 km square of Portland then rode 20 km, 60 km and 100 km from the best of them and kept the best stations at each distance. These are their best scoring rides.
Running by district
We tested a run from 2,385 stations across Portland and kept up to 10 of the best in each district, 476 in all. How we pick the starts
- Irvington
- Sullivan's Gulch
- Kerns
- Lloyd District
- Alameda
- Sabin
- Eliot
- Grant Park
- Boise
- Old Town
- Hollywood
- Laurelhurst
- King
- Buckman
- Pearl District
- Vernon
- Beaumont-Wilshire
- Sunnyside
- Humboldt
- Downtown
- Rose City Park
- Concordia
- Hosford-Abernethy
- North Tabor
- Woodlawn
- Richmond
- Goose Hollow
- Mount Tabor
- Northwest District
- Cully
- Overlook
- Roseway
- Creston-Kenilworth
- Piedmont
- Arlington Heights
- Arbor Lodge
- Brooklyn
- Hillside
- Montavilla
- Madison South
- Homestead
- South Tabor
- South Portland
- Sunderland
- Southwest Hills
- Reed
- Sylvan-Highlands
- East Columbia
- Foster-Powell
- Sumner
- Northwest Industrial
- Eastmoreland
- Woodland Park
- Kenton
- Hillsdale
- Woodstock
- University Park
- Parkrose Heights
- Sellwood-Moreland
- Portsmouth
- Mount Scott-Arleta
- Bridlemile
- Parkrose
- South Burlingame
- Mill Park
- Brentwood-Darlington
- Hazelwood
- Hayhurst
- Multnomah
- Russell
- Powellhurst-Gilbert
- Collins View
- Argay Terrace
- Maplewood
- Markham
- Lents
- Cathedral Park
- Ashcreek
- Arnold Creek
- Glenfair
- Crestwood
- West Portland Park
- Wilkes
- Saint Johns
- Far Southwest
- Centennial
- Pleasant Valley
Running in parks and forests
Cycling by station
We tested 47 stations, one in each 3 km square of Portland. These 8 start the best rides, each distance keeping its own. No two at one distance are within 6 km of each other, so they spread across the city.