Oregon, United States
Field trips near Portland, OR
Local school field trips, kids field trips, and day trips with official photos, prices, weather fit, lunch, parking, accessibility, and booking links.
Local planning snapshot
This page is built around local searches like field trips near Portland, school field trips near me, scout and camp field trips, youth group trips, and kids field trips near Portland. Start with distance and weather fit, then open detail pages to verify current ticket calendars, reservation windows, group rules, arrival logistics, food policies, and source freshness.
Where to start in Portland
Start with the local places that have enough price, booking, photo, and logistics detail for a useful first comparison.
If you need a quick first pass, start with venues like Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary School Field Trips, Experiment PDX Field Trips and School Visits, and Hoyt Arboretum School Programs before checking their exact student, adult, or group rate lines.
Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary School Field Trips, Experiment PDX Field Trips and School Visits, and Hoyt Arboretum School Programs are good first checks when you want indoor backup before digging into more weather-sensitive options.
12 places lean museum, science, history, or culture, which makes this metro stronger for curriculum-tied classroom trips than for purely outdoor day trips.
That gives you a cleaner local shortlist for class groups, homeschool meetups, or scout/camp planning without relying on broad “things to do” pages.
What this metro page answers best
Use these blocks to compare nearby options by cost, weather fit, trip type, and how much planning detail is available before you open each venue page.
That makes this page stronger than a generic “things to do” list when you need a nearby comparison set with official links, prices, and trip-day logistics in one place.
Start with those for class planning, then open the venue pages to confirm current dates, class-size rules, chaperone ratios, and arrival details.
That gives homeschool pods and co-ops a narrower local set to check before falling back to broader statewide exploration.
Use those counts together when the trip needs to work for younger students, short bus windows, or uncertain weather.

Bird Alliance of Oregon Sanctuary School Field Trips
Portland option for animals and live exhibits; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Experiment PDX Field Trips and School Visits
Portland option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Bus
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Hoyt Arboretum School Programs
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Lan Su Chinese Garden K-12 School Tours
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Leach Botanical Garden
PORTLAND option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Leach Botanical Garden Nature Field Trips
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
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- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

OMSI
Portland option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Oregon Children's Theatre Field Trips
Portland option for hands-on play and younger elementary kids; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5
Oregon Historical Society School Tours
Portland option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Oregon Museum of Science and Industry
OMSI field trip with museum field-trip booking, bus drop-off and bus parking areas, $5 two-hour or $8 all-day parking.
- Reserve
- Use the official Museum Field Trips page to reserve exhibits and optional add-ons before sending the class schedule.
- Lunch
- Confirm lunch timing through the field-trip packet or visit guidance; parking duration, add-ons, and bus staging can affect whether lunch fits onsite or nearby.
- Bus
- Official field-trip guidance says buses drop off in front, then may park in North/South lot bus cut-outs or the South lot bus parking area. Standard parking is $5 plus fees for 2 hours or $8 plus fees for all day.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Oregon Zoo
Portland option for animals and live exhibits; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Oregon Zoo Field Trips
Portland option for animals and live exhibits; helpful details include price, school trip, and reservation.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Pittock Mansion Discovery Program
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Portland Art Museum K-12 Visits
Portland option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Portland Classical Chinese Garden
PORTLAND option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Portland Japanese Garden Guided K-12 Tours
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Portland Parks Environmental Education Field Trips
Portland option with useful basics for families or groups.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Portland Water Bull Run Watershed School Field Trips
Portland option for STEM exhibits and class discussion; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

Rice Northwest Museum of Rocks & Minerals
Hillsboro / Portland option for a museum-style learning day; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

World Forestry Center
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and reservation.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Bus
- Check the ticket page for current rates.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5

World Forestry Center Discovery Museum Field Trips
Portland option for an outdoor or weather-aware trip; helpful details include price, school trip, and group visit.
- Reserve
- Use the ticket or visit page for current reservation timing.
- Lunch
- Use the visit page for lunch, snack, and outside-food rules.
- Bus
- Use the visit page for bus, parking, and drop-off instructions.
- Grades
- Pre-K, K-2, 3-5