Towns within 2 hours of Portland, ranked by this weekend's weather

This weekend's picks

No clear winner for Sat Nov 7 & Sun Nov 8: no town within 2 hours of Portland clears our good-day bar on every day. These come closest.

The Dalles, OregonFair

Columbia Hills SP

about 1 h 20 min

Sat 66F, 37% rain
Sun 57F, 45% rain
Eugene, OregonPoor

Schnitzer Museum of Art

about 1 h 50 min

Sat 68F, 66% rain
Sun 57F, 69% rain
Lebanon, OregonPoor

about 1 h 25 min

Sat 65F, 70% rain
Sun 56F, 72% rain

Forecast updated Wed, 10:51 AM PST.

Towns within 3 hours of Portland

Within an hour

Town	Drive	Weather
Forest Grove, Oregon Bald Peak Viewpoint	about 35 min	Poor Sat 63F, 80% rain; Sun 57F, 80% rain
Battle Ground, Washington Battle Ground Lake SP	about 35 min	Poor Sat 63F, 81% rain; Sun 55F, 81% rain
Newberg, Oregon Champoeg · Sokol Blosser	about 35 min	Poor Sat 64F, 78% rain; Sun 57F, 78% rain
Cascade Locks, Oregon Beacon Rock · Ainsworth SP	about 45 min	Poor Sat 64F, 75% rain; Sun 55F, 84% rain
Salem, Oregon Enchanted Forest	about 55 min	Poor Sat 65F, 76% rain; Sun 57F, 76% rain
Mount Hood Village, Oregon Mt. Hood National Forest	about 55 min	Poor Sat 71F, 72% rain; Sun 52F, 83% rain
McMinnville, Oregon Aviation & Space Museum	about 55 min	Poor Sat 64F, 80% rain; Sun 57F, 80% rain
Longview, Washington	about 55 min	Poor Sat 62F, 84% rain; Sun 56F, 84% rain

1 to 2 hours

Town	Drive	Weather
The Dalles, Oregon Columbia Hills SP	about 1 h 20 min	Fair Sat 66F, 37% rain; Sun 57F, 45% rain
Hood River, Oregon Full Sail · Antique Aero Museum	about 1 h 5 min	Poor Sat 65F, 64% rain; Sun 53F, 71% rain
Albany, Oregon Bowers Rock SP	about 1 h 15 min	Poor Sat 66F, 73% rain; Sun 57F, 73% rain
Tillamook, Oregon Cheese Factory · Munson Falls	about 1 h 25 min	Poor Sat 64F, 89% rain; Sun 55F, 89% rain
Lebanon, Oregon	about 1 h 25 min	Poor Sat 65F, 70% rain; Sun 56F, 72% rain
Corvallis, Oregon	about 1 h 30 min	Poor Sat 67F, 74% rain; Sun 57F, 74% rain
Seaside, Oregon Ecola SP · Sunset Beach	about 1 h 30 min	Poor Sat 66F, 90% rain; Sun 55F, 90% rain
Cannon Beach, Oregon Ecola SP · Oswald West SP	about 1 h 30 min	Poor Sat 61F, 90% rain; Sun 55F, 90% rain
Netarts, Oregon Cape Lookout SP · Oceanside	about 1 h 30 min	Poor Sat 65F, 89% rain; Sun 55F, 89% rain
Centralia, Washington	about 1 h 30 min	Poor Sat 62F, 88% rain; Sun 55F, 88% rain
Trout Lake, Washington	about 1 h 35 min	Poor Sat 61F, 72% rain; Sun 49F, 72% rain
Manzanita, Oregon Oswald West SP · Neahkahnie	about 1 h 40 min	Poor Sat 63F, 90% rain; Sun 55F, 90% rain
Rockaway Beach, Oregon Nehalem Bay SP · Scenic Railroad	about 1 h 45 min	Poor Sat 64F, 90% rain; Sun 55F, 90% rain
Tumwater, Washington	about 1 h 50 min	Poor Sat 62F, 89% rain; Sun 55F, 89% rain
Eugene, Oregon Schnitzer Museum of Art	about 1 h 50 min	Poor Sat 68F, 66% rain; Sun 57F, 69% rain
Springfield, Oregon Schnitzer Museum of Art	about 1 h 50 min	Poor Sat 69F, 65% rain; Sun 57F, 71% rain
Lincoln City, Oregon Devils Lake · Boiler Bay	about 1 h 50 min	Poor Sat 65F, 85% rain; Sun 55F, 85% rain
Astoria, Oregon Astoria Column · Maritime Museum	about 1 h 50 min	Poor Sat 63F, 90% rain; Sun 55F, 90% rain
Olympia, Washington Tolmie SP	about 1 h 55 min	Poor Sat 63F, 89% rain; Sun 56F, 89% rain

2 to 3 hours

Town	Drive	Weather
Warm Springs, Oregon	about 2 h	Good Sat 71F, 13% rain; Sun 58F, 19% rain
Hermiston, Oregon Hat Rock SP	about 2 h 50 min	Good Sat 63F, 5% rain; Sun 60F, 5% rain
Sunnyside, Washington	about 3 h	Good Sat 63F, 8% rain; Sun 59F, 2% rain
Yakima, Washington Yakima Valley Museum	about 3 h	Good Sat 61F, 8% rain; Sun 57F, 8% rain
Sisters, Oregon Whychus Creek Overlook	about 2 h 55 min	Mixed Sat 71F, 24% rain; Sun 53F, 53% rain
Tacoma, Washington Museum of Glass · Car Museum	about 2 h 20 min	Poor Sat 62F, 88% rain; Sun 55F, 88% rain
Newport, Oregon Coast Aquarium · Yaquina Head	about 2 h 25 min	Poor Sat 66F, 85% rain; Sun 56F, 85% rain
Aberdeen, Washington Grays Harbor Refuge	about 2 h 30 min	Poor Sat 62F, 92% rain; Sun 55F, 92% rain
Auburn, Washington State Fair · Wild Waves	about 2 h 30 min	Poor Sat 63F, 87% rain; Sun 59F, 87% rain
Seattle, Washington Chihuly Garden · MoPOP	about 2 h 50 min	Poor Sat 62F, 88% rain; Sun 56F, 88% rain
Roseburg, Oregon	about 2 h 55 min	Poor Sat 74F, 53% rain; Sun 58F, 65% rain
Bremerton, Washington USS Turner Joy · Navy Museum	about 2 h 55 min	Poor Sat 62F, 91% rain; Sun 55F, 91% rain
Florence, Oregon Honeyman State Park	about 3 h	Poor Sat 64F, 81% rain; Sun 57F, 81% rain

Weather around Portland

The Columbia Gorge is Portland's short cut to drier weather. Rain usually thins out heading east, and by The Dalles and Hood River the day can look very different from downtown. The Gorge is also often windy, so check the wind as well as the sun.

The coast and the valley are their own stories. The coast can be cool and foggy on the warmest inland days, which makes it the place to go when Portland is too hot.

How we pick

"Good" means a high from 55F to 88F, a forecast of sun or clouds, and at most a 30% chance of rain or snow, with no thunderstorm, dangerous heat or cold, strong gusts or smoke. "Mixed" means one day is good and the other isn't. Picks are ordered by that, then by the forecast and how much of a destination the town is.

Drive times start at the center of Portland and go to the center of each town. They come from a table built on OpenStreetMap and do not include traffic or seasonal road closures.

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