The 8 Best Portland Scavenger Hunts & Self-Guided Walks

1.Outdoor Escape Room in Portland – Downtown

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 14 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $75Our pick

Outdoor Escape Room in Downtown Portland is a 2-hour clue hunt for up to 6 in your group, solved with an app and real-world puzzles.

“For $75 it’s pretty overpriced. I think $40 would be more appropriate. It was a fun afternoon out and we paid attention to details of buildings we’d just walked past without noticing before, so that was fun. The last couple puzzles were pretty vague and I don’t know how you’d solve them without hints, but the hints worked to finally get it solved. I also didn’t like that you absolutely had to google to find one of the clues for a puzzle. It took us about 4 hours to do, but we also went shopping in a few stores and weren’t in a hurry at all.”

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2.Portland (Downtown) Scavenger Hunt & Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 11 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $15.90

Portland Downtown scavenger hunt with the Explorial app, app-led clues, points, and photo tasks at your pace, including Powell’s.

“Awesome and a lot of fun for everyone. Glad we did this. Interesting way to learn some things about the city.”

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3.Portland Golden Adventure Puzzle Quest and Tour

★★★★★★★★★★3.5 · 9 reviews · 45 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes (approx.) · from $6.61Best value

Solve Portland landmarks by phone in a Golden Adventure puzzle quest, starting at City Hall and ending at Skidmore Fountain.

“The experience was an absolute delight from tip to tail. I’m so happy my fantastic travel agent, Regan, pointed me to this. I told her what I needed and she knew exactly where to send me. She was clear and concise and communicated everything beautifully! Will absolutely be returning to her next time I need ideas for fun activities to do in my local city and abroad!”

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4.Portland (Along the Waterfront) Scavenger Hunt & Self-Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 6 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $15.85

Portland waterfront scavenger hunt in English, $15.85, about 2 hours, self-guided via Explorial app with puzzles and photo tasks.

“Walking across the bridges was fun, but overall the tour was a little one note. Mostly consisted of walking down a single path on the Wilamette”

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5.Portland Scavenger Hunt Adventure

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 5 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $49

A 3-hour Portland scavenger hunt with a phone game, points, and landmark clues, great for families, small teams, and flexible pacing.

“Concept great content lacking. For those never visiting before need more description of the what and why for the places discovered. We wanted to learn more about Portland so we only got half way through and stopped.”

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6.Hood River Team Trivia Hunt: New 2024 Mobile Game App!

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 3 reviews · from $21

Hood River Team Trivia Hunt is a GPS puzzle walk from the History Museum, with local trivia and quests for $21, about 5 hours.

“We explored the waterfront path that we hadn't realized was there. The hunt also took us past local businesses and we discovered Wilderton distillery because of that :)”

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7.Portlandia Prowl Scavenger Hunt

★★★★★★★★★★2.0 · 2 reviews · 2 hours (approx.)

A remote-hosted Portland scavenger hunt that mixes book stops, parks, and photo challenges, using a phone and GPS for a playful 2-hour loop.

“I was expecting more of a guided hunt that strategically led us from one place to another using clues. Instead, we were given a multi page canva document that had places or suggestions of places to go to. They were in no order and we were encouraged to walk but some were .5 mile away from the start while others were closer to 5 miles – again in no order or with mileage from the starting location which would have been helpful. Additionally, we went at 11am on Sunday and some of the locations were closed or opened later so we couldn’t even go in them. It feels like very…”

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8.Scavenger Hunt Adventure in Portland OR by Operation City Quest

★★★★★★★★★★3.0 · 1 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $10

Try an app-led Portland scavenger hunt from Pioneer Courthouse Square, with a remote host, puzzles, points, and a leaderboard.

“We had a fun trip, and did enjoy hunting. But I have a couple of thoughts:”

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