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Lan Su Chinese Garden

Lan Su Chinese Garden (simplified Chinese: 兰苏园; traditional Chinese: 蘭蘇園; pinyin: Lán Sū Yuán; Jyutping: Laan4 Sou1 Jyun4), formerly the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and titled the Garden of Awakening Orchids, is a walled Chinese garde

Photo: Cacophony, CC BY-SA 3.0
Where
In Portland
257 places to stay
Open since
2000
Wikipedia readers
3.7K
a year · #3,813 of 7,799
In brief

A garden inside Portland

You can stay in Portland

Lan Su Chinese Garden is inside Portland, which has 257 places to stay, so you won’t need a base farther out. Where to stay ↓

Best months: May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep and Oct

May, June, July, August, September and October are the mild months, with highs of 64–82°. When to go ↓

An airport 6 miles away

Portland (PDX) has airline service, about 6 miles from Lan Su Chinese Garden.

Open since 2000

Lan Su Chinese Garden opened in 2000, 26 years ago. About ↓

Written from NOAA 1991–2020 normals, Overture places to stay, Census town figures and Wikipedia.

When to go

Weather, month by month

Typical highs and lows in Portland. Green months are the mild ones.

Jan47° / 36°
Feb51° / 36°
Mar56° / 39°
Apr61° / 42°
May69° / 47°
Jun73° / 52°
Jul81° / 56°
Aug82° / 56°
Sep76° / 52°
Oct64° / 45°
Nov53° / 40°
Dec46° / 36°
Weather: NOAA 1991–2020 normals for Portland. Portland’s full climate →
About

Lan Su Chinese Garden

Lan Su Chinese Garden (simplified Chinese: 兰苏园; traditional Chinese: 蘭蘇園; pinyin: Lán Sū Yuán; Jyutping: Laan4 Sou1 Jyun4), formerly the Portland Classical Chinese Garden and titled the Garden of Awakening Orchids, is a walled Chinese garden enclosing a full city block, roughly 40,000 square feet (4,000 m2) in the Chinatown area of the Old Town Chinatown neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. The garden is influenced by many of the famous classical gardens in Suzhou.

Type
Garden
Opened
2000
Wikipedia readers
3.7K a year
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Facts: Wikidata.
Where to stay

Where to stay near Lan Su Chinese Garden

The closest towns with hotels, motels or campgrounds are Portland (257) and Vancouver (40).

123456Portland257Vancouver40Beaverton17Gresham21Hillsboro23Tigard12Oatfield10Lake Oswego9Providence ParkMultnomah FallsForest Park10 mi
Lan Su Chinese Garden12Places to stay in town
  1. 1Moda Center
  2. 2Providence Park
  3. 3Veterans Memorial Coliseum
  4. 4Pittock Mansion
  5. 5Multnomah Falls
  6. 6Forest Park
In town

Portland

257 places to stay · 182 hotels · 31 motels · 19 inns & B&Bs · 11 lodges & cabins · 3 hostels · 5 campgrounds · 6 RV parks

You’re already here.

635,109 people

15 min drive

Vancouver

40 places to stay · 33 hotels · 2 motels · 2 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 1 campground

199,698 people

9 mi northeast of Lan Su Chinese Garden

10 min drive

Beaverton

17 places to stay · 16 hotels · 1 inn or B&B

97,842 people

8 mi southwest of Lan Su Chinese Garden

15 min drive

Gresham

21 places to stay · 15 hotels · 2 motels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground · 1 RV park

111,513 people

11 mi east of Lan Su Chinese Garden

Compare 8 towns
TownFrom Lan Su Chinese GardenDrivePlaces to stayPeopleTypical homeSafety
Portlandin town—257 182 hotels · 31 motels · 19 inns & B&Bs · 11 lodges & cabins · 3 hostels · 5 campgrounds · 6 RV parks635,109$582KD−
Vancouver9 mi northeast15 min40 33 hotels · 2 motels · 2 inns & B&Bs · 2 lodges & cabins · 1 campground199,698$462KD
Beaverton8 mi southwest10 min17 16 hotels · 1 inn or B&B97,842$570KC−
Gresham11 mi east15 min21 15 hotels · 2 motels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins · 1 campground · 1 RV park111,513$459KC−
Hillsboro13 mi west20 min23 20 hotels · 1 motel · 2 inns & B&Bs111,126$521KC−
Tigard9 mi southwest15 min12 11 hotels · 1 lodge or cabins57,929$611KD
Oatfield9 mi southeast15 min10 8 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 lodge or cabins13,294$569K—
Lake Oswego8 mi south10 min9 7 hotels · 1 inn or B&B · 1 campground39,722$932KB

Day trip from

Straight-line miles.

Getting there

Nearest airports with airline service

PDXPortland · major hub6 mi
SLESalem-Willamette Valley Airport/McNary Field46 mi
EUGEugene100 mi
Places to stay: Overture Maps (hotels, motels, inns, lodges, campgrounds, RV parks; not vacation rentals) · town figures: U.S. Census ACS · Safety: TownRatings Safety grade · airports: OurAirports. Distances are from Lan Su Chinese Garden’s main visitor area; drive times are estimates.
Make a day of it

Also near Lan Su Chinese Garden

Other well-known places within 53 miles. Numbered ones are on the map above.

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mount Hood: Oregon's Mt. Hood Territory., Public domain · Veterans Memorial Coliseum: Steve Morgan, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0

Common questions

Visiting Lan Su Chinese Garden

Is Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland?

Yes. It’s inside Portland, OR.

When is the best time to visit Lan Su Chinese Garden?

May, June, July, August, September and October, with highs of 64–82°.

What is the closest airport to Lan Su Chinese Garden?

Portland (PDX), about 6 miles away.

Where should I stay near Lan Su Chinese Garden?

Portland (in town, 257 places to stay), Vancouver (9 mi, 40 places to stay) and Beaverton (8 mi, 17 places to stay).

From locals

Tips from people in Portland

No tips yet. Ask, or answer, in Portland’s Town Square.

Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · NOAA climate normals · U.S. Census.