About us
The PUPs Meetup Group opens its participants to an urban environment in a variety of ways via the practice of walking. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to wander our city and learn to feel more engaged with the space and it’s inhabitants? Are there neighborhoods you’ve never explored, but piqued your curiosity? Could you rediscover something fascinating in places you’ve visited previously?
Join us as we explore the Portland/Vancouver metro area's treasures through event activities such as downtown sauntering, photo walks, art gallery touring, street art strolling, destination walks, district meandering, exploring parks, and co-sponsored EverWalk events. This group is ideally suited for long-time residents and newcomers.
As pedestrians, we will move through a designated area of the city with a time range limit and structure guided by an itinerary or theme. The pace is intended to allow for meaningful observations and interaction with the city and group participants, including those with assisted mobility.
Members must have a front-facing, clear photo of themselves to join the group. Walk leaders are volunteers, not professionals. By participating in an event, you and your guests accept full responsibility for your own well-being/health/safety/COVID protocol and completely absolve the event hosts, the Portland Urban Pedestrians group, and Meetup of any responsibility for injury that may occur during the walk.
This group is also on the Heylo app by the same name where events are cross-listed at: Heylo Link
Upcoming events
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Portland’s Prettiest Cover Up: The Hidden History of the Rose Garden
Rose Garden Store, 850 SW Rose Garden Way, Portland, OR 97205, Portland, OR, USBe warned, this is not your typical beauty tour of the rose garden. Buried inside these flower beds is the wildly tumultuous story of civic ambition, political panic, real-estate scams, queer defiance, suffrage battles, and power-hungry men in weird white suits.
We’ll walk through the garden stop by stop, uncovering how a frontier logging town like Portland turned roses into a signature identity. That lovely perfume drifting over the city is far stranger, rougher, and more combustible than the postcards ever dare admit. Sure, the roses are lovely, but the backstory has wicked thorns.
Please bring a fully charged mobile phone and download this presentation prior to arriving. It will be your passport to the full tour: vintage photos, historical images, explanatory graphics, and proof that the rose garden’s backstory really is this wonderfully twisted.
The Stats:
Meeting Point Location: Rose Garden Visitor Center
Meeting Point Address: 400 SW Kingston Ave, Portland, OR 97205
Google Maps Meeting Point
Hike Distance: Approximately One Mile
Elevation gain: 100 feet
Estimated time: 2 hours
Physical Difficulty level: Very Easy
Bathrooms at the Rose Garden Visitor CenterParking:
It’s gonna be a beautiful fall day in Washington Park, so parking will be very tight. Plan on arriving early to give yourself lots of time to get there.
Best way to get there: take the Max Train, then catch the Washington Park shuttle to the Rose Garden.
Parking lots within walking distance: Sherwood Parking Lot (7 Minute walk, but small), SW Kingston Ave.
Parking Options that connect to the Washington Park Shuttle: Veteran’s Parking Lot, Parking Lot B, Parking Lot C, Washington Park Max Station Lot
Street Parking: SW Wright Ave, SW Tichner Dr., SW Marconi Ave., SW Park PlaceAcknowledgement:
Walk leaders are volunteers, not professionals. By participating in an event, you and your guests accept full responsibility for your own well-being/health/safety/COVID protocol and completely absolve the event hosts, the Portland Urban Pedestrians group, and Meetup of any responsibility for injury that may occur during the walk.36 attendees
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