Looking for apartments around Portland with view (Gresham, Beaverton: apartment complexes, townhouse)

[NFURNO]

Wife and I are looking to move to Portland area in about a year or so. Gonna start off with an apartment for a year to allow us to look at homes to buy and get used to the area. Not looking to live in Portland but outside areas, like from Aloha to Gresham. Obviously nothing outrageous price wise but 2+ bedroom preferably 3. One thing I'm looking for in particular is a view of mt. hood off the balcony. I've found a few but wondered if anyone knew specific apartments with views as such. Thanks for all the replies ahead of time.

[Nell Plotts]

A view of Mt. Hood is hard to find in Aloha as the Tualatin Hills would obstruct it.

You might find something east of I-205 on the hill. Not my neighborhood so can't provide specifics. Three bedroom apartments are not common.

[bler144]

Agreed - not going to see Hood from the almost anywhere on the west side, though you can still get some nice views. A lot of the newer apts in Happy Valley have nice views as well, but of the valley and the closer peaks - I don't recall seeing Hood.

Wood Village/Fairview is going to have the best perspective on Hood, though off-hand I can't think of any complexes with balconies. Gresham or far NE Pdx as well. Prices are relatively moderate there, at least as the metro goes - might find a townhouse for under $1500.

And of course, you get great views of the river and Hood from some of the houseboats off Marine.

[jjpop]

I think you can see Mt. Hood while driving eastbound on Tualatin Valley Hwy, but I can't be sure because I haven't been out that way on a clear day for a while. Unfortunately, Google Street View is no help because the images in the area I looked at (near SW TV Hwy and 185th) were taken on a cloudy day. But I do seem to remember seeing the mountain clearly (although quite far in the distance).

And there are apartment complexes in the Mtn. Park area of Lake Oswego with good mountain views.

[skiffrace]

A view of Mt. Hood is hard to find in Aloha as the Tualatin Hills would obstruct it....
Agreed - not going to see Hood from the almost anywhere on the west side

There are plenty of places on the west side from where you can Mt. Hood. Including Aloha.
Ex. drive east on TV highway in Aloha on a clear day, and you will see Mt. Hood right in front of you.
Just about this stretch: TV highway

There are certainly many, many apartments on the west side with that view as well.
Your best bet is to look at the topographic map of PDX area, and search for apartments on the slopes of the hill ranges.
Portland Topo map

[bler144]

Originally Posted by skiffrace

There are plenty of places on the west side from where you can Mt. Hood. Including Aloha.
Ex. drive east on TV highway in Aloha on a clear day, and you will see Mt. Hood right in front of you.
Just about this stretch: TV highway

There are certainly many, many apartments on the west side with that view as well.
Your best bet is to look at the topographic map of PDX area, and search for apartments on the slopes of the hill ranges.
Portland Topo map

I'm curious which apt complexes you'd say in particular do. Seeing Hood from TV highway is one thing but in most complexes you have either other buildings or trees cutting the sight line. I've lived in Hillsboro on the top floor east-facing and had no view of the sort.

Most of the topography over there is sloping down away from the Skyline ridge, thus you tend to get good views to the W/SW/S. Perhaps there is a complex over there that's an exception, but for most of those 3-4 story complexes I'm a bit skeptical.

You get a great view of Hood most of the run down Columbia Blvd too, but a view from any given property along there is much more hit or miss, again because of other structures and trees.

[urbanlife78]

And one has to also remember that you don't see Mt Hood all that often, usually cloudy days make it impossible to see.

[AlohaAloha]

You can definitely find Mt Hood views out on west side. There are apartments off SW Murray between Sexton Mountain and Brockman with Hood views - when it isn't too cloudy. There are nice Hood views in the hills just south of Farmington Rd. I've caught some awesome breathtaking looks at mountain while coming down the hill on SW Weir heading east, and again in the Madrona Heights neighborhood, but those are areas of SFHs. And, as someone else mentioned, on a clear day if you drive east on TV Hwy it looks like the road leads straight to the mountain.

[Discovery1]

Originally Posted by NFURNO

Wife and I are looking to move to Portland area in about a year or so. Gonna start off with an apartment for a year to allow us to look at homes to buy and get used to the area. Not looking to live in Portland but outside areas, like from Aloha to Gresham. Obviously nothing outrageous price wise but 2+ bedroom preferably 3. One thing I'm looking for in particular is a view of mt. hood off the balcony. I've found a few but wondered if anyone knew specific apartments with views as such. Thanks for all the replies ahead of time.

Look into Murrayhill in Beaverton.

[Discovery1]

Originally Posted by AlohaAloha

You can definitely find Mt Hood views out on west side. There are apartments off SW Murray between Sexton Mountain and Brockman with Hood views - when it isn't too cloudy. There are nice Hood views in the hills just south of Farmington Rd. I've caught some awesome breathtaking looks at mountain while coming down the hill on SW Weir heading east, and again in the Madrona Heights neighborhood, but those are areas of SFHs. And, as someone else mentioned, on a clear day if you drive east on TV Hwy it looks like the road leads straight to the mountain.

Yes, there are many parts of the west you can see Mt.Hood such Sexton Mountain you mentioned. asicly north of Murray past Hart shoule have plenty of apartments with Mt.Hood view.
Actually we can see Mt.Hood at intersection of TV highway and Murray but i doubt anything from downtown Beaverton going east will have the view.