Day Trippin' › Oregon › From Portland › Ruby Beach
The drive from Portland to Ruby Beach takes about 3 hr 53 min (northwest of Portland), by real roads from ZIP 97205. Along the way we found 61 stops within a short detour: 16 coffee shops, 2 bakeries, 9 ice cream and treats and 22 places to eat.
The list below is the best few of each kind, in driving order, with how far into the drive you reach each one (counted from Portland) and the detour it adds. Stops marked Our pick are chosen by us; the rest come from OpenStreetMap listings, so confirm hours before you count on them.
Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0
Beach
Sea stacks, driftwood and tide pools on a short walk down from US 101.
Heads-up: Check tide tables for tide pooling; stay off logs in the surf.
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About 3 hr 53 min by road, heading northwest from the middle of ZIP 97205. Traffic and weather change that.
Good ones to start with: Line & Lure (La Center), Sadie and Josie's Bakery (La Center), Red Leaf Organic Coffee (Woodland), Lakeside Sweets (Woodland) and Daddy D’s (Woodland). The page lists 27 in all, in driving order.
Sadie and Josie's Bakery in La Center, Red Leaf Organic Coffee in Woodland, Red Leaf Organic Coffee in Woodland and Kalama Sourdough Bakery in Kalama. Check hours first; they come from OpenStreetMap listings.
Line & Lure in La Center, Daddy D’s in Woodland, Fat Moose Bar & Grill in Woodland and Lucky Dragon in Kalama.
Woodland Historical Museum Society in Woodland, Mount Saint Helens Creation Center in Castle Rock, Veteran’s Memorial Museum in Chehalis and Fort Borst Block House in Centralia.
Drive times are by road on a typical day from ZIP <class 'zip'> (OpenStreetMap data with the OSRM route planner). Stops come from our own picks and OpenStreetMap listings; hours and detours change, so check before you go. We do not store anyone's location.