Road Trip: Hillsboro

Just west of Portland, Hillsboro gets plenty of visitors, drawn by the many things that make it a great (and booming) place to live. People move here from all over the world to work for large employers like Intel and Nike. Still charming, Hillsboro smacks the casual visitor with surprises — and not just during…

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: Craig Mitchell Dyer

Hillsboro

Oregon’s fifth-largest city, Hillsboro, is surrounded by scenery.

To the west is the densely forested Coast Range; to the east, Portland and Mt. Hood beckon. Inside Hillboro is a historical farming community that inspires innovation, boasting a blend of agriculture, business and small-town neighborhoods. Visit for the international air show, a pro baseball game or the one-of-a-kind rock museum. Come back for international cuisine and top-notch craft drinks.

Trip Ideas

  • Stickwork Sculptures at Orenco Woods

    Hillsboro has launched a remarkable public art project at a new city park. Join me on a visit to Orenco Woods Nature Park, where you'll find one of the most unique outdoor art projects I’ve...
  • Big Bottom Whiskey’s Ted Pappas

    Ted Pappas will tell you his love affair with whiskey started early. When he was a boy in North Carolina, his dad owned a restaurant and two uncles were in the distillery business. “At an...
  • Gem of a Museum

    In the vast Willamette Valley—with a little imagination—you can travel into a turbulent and tumultuous chapter of geologic history, when gigantic icebergs carried by floodwater that was more than four hundred feet deep floated across...
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