Kid-friendly places in Portland

All-suite hotel with an indoor pool, cooked-to-order breakfast included and connecting rooms.

Studios and two-bedroom suites, each with a full kitchen.

Playground and splash pad in a big park, with a small nature area and picnic tables.

Neighborhood park with a sandbox, a play structure, slides and swings.

A big play area with sensory play, sand and water play, a nature discovery area and a splash pad in summer.

Waterfront hotel with cottages that have full kitchens, bunk-bed suites, and kick scooters and helmets to borrow.

Inclusive playground with a group swing anyone can ride and two adaptive swings.

Large downtown hotel with connecting rooms and cribs for the room.

Downtown hotel with a game room (pool table, shuffleboard, board games), a toy chest at check-in and one-bedroom suites with a sofa bed.

Accessible play area with sensory play pieces, a high-back adapted swing and a ramp up onto the structure.

Hilltop park with several playgrounds, one of them an accessible play area, and picnic spots near the summit.

Separate playgrounds for toddlers and older kids, a splash pad and a rose garden to walk through.

Hotel with a playhouse and sandbox on the garden patio, arcade games, a mini fridge in every room and a kids' dinner menu.

Ramped play structure on a rubber surface, with sensory pieces, an adapted swing with a high back, and a picnic shelter.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Inclusive playground, rebuilt with new soft surfacing, in a large park.

One of the first fully accessible playgrounds in the area, built for kids of every ability.

Organic pizza and burgers, with two play areas inside: a play house and kitchen with dress-up wings, and a train table with books and magnatiles.

Hotel with floor-to-ceiling windows, a lobby coffee bar and a rooftop restaurant serving pizzas with views of downtown.

Terraced garden of thousands of roses with views over the city, free to walk.

Indoor playground with rock walls, monkey bars and foam pits, plus pretend vet and café playhouses and a sensory nook.

Old-school pancake house known for its Dutch baby, with junior plates for kids.

Neighborhood park with a tire swing, a play structure and swings.

Neighborhood park with a play structure and swings.

Neighborhood park with a tire swing, a play structure and swings.

Hawaiian plate lunch spot where the kids' chicken teriyaki plate is a winner, alongside katsu and kalua pig.

A play structure, swings and spring riders, plus ball fields, tennis courts and picnic tables.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, climbers, swings, spring riders and a balance beam.

Neighborhood park with musical instruments, a tire swing, a play structure and swings.

Ramen shop with kid-size bowls, starter chopsticks and a steamed bun filled like a PB and J.

Neighborhood park with a play structure and swings.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, slides, swings, spring riders and a balance beam.

Neighborhood park with a play structure.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Cafe and bar with a play space and a fish tank, so grown-ups can linger over crispy chicken while kids play.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Neighborhood park with a play structure and swings.

Neighborhood park with a tire swing, a play structure, slides and swings, plus a community garden.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, slides, climbers, swings and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a hillside slide, musical instruments, a rope climber and swings.

Park with a splash pad dotted with story boulders, a playground with musical instruments, a rope climber, swings and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a play structure and swings.

Brewpub with a play space for small kids in the back and a kids' menu.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Neighborhood park with a play structure.

A 4,000-square-foot indoor sandbox with dinosaur, construction and beach areas, toy diggers, fossils to uncover and a play kitchen.

A playground, a running track, a turf soccer field and a lilac garden.

Neighborhood park with a play structure and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a play structure.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, climbers, swings and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a playground and swings.

Neighborhood park with a tire swing, a play structure, swings and spring riders.

A climbing rock, a play structure, climbers, swings and spring riders, plus a skate plaza.

Play structure with a hillside slide, musical instruments, a rope climber and swings, plus a splash pad, a skate park and a wetland boardwalk.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, a splash pad and ball courts.

Play structure with a hillside slide, a rope climber, climbers and swings, plus a water playground and shady paths.

Big park with a splash pad, a forest garden and a playground with a tire swing, swings, spring riders and a play structure.

Neighborhood park with slides and swings.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a rope climber and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a play structure and swings.

Neighborhood park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Neighborhood park with a tire swing, slides, climbers and swings.

Neighborhood park with climbers and a balance beam.

Neighborhood park with a play structure.

Park with a hillside slide, musical instruments, a rope climber and swings.

Park with a hillside slide, a group swing, a rope climber, swings and a balance beam.

Park with a tire swing, a play structure, slides and swings.

Big playground with a tire swing and slides, a pool, and a sculpture garden where Ramona, Henry and Ribsy stand in a splash fountain.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Park with a play structure, slides, swings and a balance beam.

Park with a play structure.

Park with slides and swings.

Park with a tire swing, a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Park with a tire swing, a play structure, slides and swings.

A play structure and swings where two creeks meet, with paved paths, picnic tables and a natural area.

Park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Park with musical instruments, a rope climber, a play structure, swings and a balance beam.

Park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Rock climber, play structure, swings and spring riders, plus a skate park and a water feature.

Park with a play structure, swings and climbers.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Walled Ming-style Chinese garden with free scavenger hunts for kids to play on your phone.

Park with a hillside slide, musical instruments, a rock climber, a rope climber and swings.

Park with a tire swing and a play structure.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Wood-fired pizza and house-made ice cream, a combination that keeps the whole table happy.

Park with a hillside slide, musical instruments, a rock climber, a rope climber and swings.

Park with a play structure.

Park with swings.

Park with a group swing and a play structure.

Park with a rope climber, a play structure, swings, spring riders and a balance beam.

Park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Old elementary school turned hotel and pub, with a movie theater and a soaking pool kids can use.

Park with swings.

Park with musical instruments, a rope climber, a play structure, swings and a balance beam.

Pizza joint with a stage where local kids' musicians play, so you can eat while the kids dance.

A tire swing, a play structure, swings and spring riders, plus an outdoor pool and a community center.

Comfort food restaurant with a small playroom and a kids' menu of oatmeal, mac and cheese, butter noodles and grilled cheese.

Park with a tire swing, a play structure, swings, spring riders and climbers.

Park with a play structure, swings, spring riders and climbers.

Arts center grounds with a sandbox, a play structure and swings.

Taqueria with lots of outdoor seating and an owner who makes a point of talking with the kids.

Leafy park blocks with a play structure, a group swing and swings, plus two big bronze elephant statues.

Park with a rope climber, slides, swings and spring riders.

Amusement park on the Willamette with rides, mini golf and games.

Science museum with a real submarine to climb through, a planetarium and a play area for ages 0 to 6 with water play and a crawler zone.

An accessible play area with sensory play pieces, a tire swing, a play structure, slides, swings and a balance beam.

Park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Three playgrounds with a hillside slide, a splash pad, a skate park and community gardens.

Park with musical instruments, a play structure and spring riders.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Play structure, slides and swings under tall evergreens, with an outdoor pool, a skate park and a disc golf course.

Early 1900s hilltop mansion with rooms to walk through and wide views over the city.

Three floors of indoor play with two interactive dance floors and a ball-cannon area, and adults play free.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Big art museum that kids 17 and under visit free.

Park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Hillside Japanese garden of ponds, waterfalls and winding paths.

Park with slides and swings.

Park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Mexican cantina with an enclosed, heated outdoor seating area and a stack of coloring books for kids.

Park with swings and spring riders.

Park with a sandbox, a play structure, slides and swings.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Community center grounds with a play structure.

Park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Park with a tire swing, a play structure and swings.

Each table has its own griddle, so kids pour and flip their own pancakes, and breakfast is served all day.

Park with a hillside slide, a group swing, a rope climber, a play structure and spring riders.

Park with a play structure, swings and climbers.

Sushi that comes around the counter on a little train track.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Diner with a healthy lean and a bookshelf of toys kids can pick from while the food comes.

Enclosed playground with a sandbox and a play structure, next to a big oval lawn.

Sports bar that shows only women's sports on every screen, with good food and kids welcome.

Indoor play space with a two-story slide structure for ages two to six, a separate area for babies under two, and a café.

Park with a hillside slide, a group swing, musical instruments, a rope climber and swings.

Brunch spot with a kids' menu of cheesy eggs and biscuits, French toast and quesadillas, and a patio where dogs are welcome.

Park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Park with a play structure and swings.

Park with a play structure.

Park with a group swing, musical instruments, a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Park with a hillside slide, a rope climber, swings, a balance beam and climbers.

Park with a play structure, slides and swings.

Nature playground with a hillside slide, a sandbox, a rock climber and logs to climb, beside a big casting pond and a creek.

Park with a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Riverside play structure and spring riders, with a boat dock, a river trail and heron and eagle nests to spot across the water.

Park with a sandbox, a play structure, slides, swings and spring riders, plus a loop trail and ball fields.

Medieval time-traveling cafe with an indoor nine-hole mini golf course of cartoon animals, a kids' menu and fairy-dust ice cream.

Park with a tire swing, a play structure, swings and spring riders.

Park with slides, swings and spring riders.

Kids climb aboard a forestry harvester and a historic locomotive, hunt for animals in an indoor forest and curl up in a reading nook.