Public Restrooms in Downtown Portland
16 restrooms within half a mile of Pioneer Courthouse Square, including 3 Portland Loos. 4 wheelchair accessible, 4 with hours recorded.
Restrooms between the Park Blocks and the river
Downtown Portland's blocks are short and its center is compact: Pioneer Courthouse Square, the MAX and bus lines on 5th and 6th Avenues, the South Park Blocks, Old Town and Tom McCall Waterfront Park are all within a ten minute walk of each other. The map above opens on the 16 restroom places our data holds within half a mile of the square (a facility mapped as several points counts once; one downtown building has six of its restrooms mapped individually and appears as one row). 5 are recorded as open to the public and 1 as customers only.
The Portland Loo: the city's own 24-hour restrooms
Portland's answer to the public restroom is the Portland Loo, a stainless steel street toilet designed and owned by the city. Portland Parks and Recreation describes it as ADA accessible, with "exterior handwashing stations" for pedestrians, and lists five downtown Loos that are "generally open 24/7":
- North Park Blocks at NW Couch Street
- South Park Blocks at SW Columbia Street
- Waterfront Park at SW Taylor Street
- Waterfront Park at Ash Street
- The original Loo at NW Glisan Street and 5th Avenue
"All other Loos in Portland generally remain open during park hours, but they may close seasonally." Our data names 3 Portland Loos within half a mile of Pioneer Courthouse Square; they appear in the list below with "The Portland Loo" as their name. Problems with a Loo are reported through portland.gov/parks/report.
Source: Portland Parks and Recreation, The Portland Loo, read 2026-10-06.
Late-night options recorded in the data
Besides the Loos, our data records one restroom open 24 hours, whose operator is recorded as the Portland Rescue Mission. A SmartPark garage restroom in the data carries hours that run past midnight on weekends, which our hours rule does not show (a range running past midnight is dropped unless the record says 24/7, because such values were found to be parks' hours copied onto restrooms). These hours come from OpenStreetMap contributors, not from the operators; treat them as a lead.
Accessible restrooms and baby changing
Within half a mile of Pioneer Courthouse Square our data records 4 wheelchair accessible restrooms and 0 with a baby changing table. Every Portland Loo is ADA accessible according to the city. A few entries in the data are recorded as not wheelchair accessible and are tagged as such in the list.
Every restroom on the map, nearest first
16 places within half a mile of Pioneer Courthouse Square, from 21 map points (a facility mapped as several points, such as a men's and a women's room, is one place). Distances are straight-line from the center of the area. Each row shows only what OpenStreetMap records for it, after cleaning: a row without hours or access details means the record has none we could show, not that the restroom is closed or locked. OpenStreetMap data from October 2026.
"Open now" and "Closed now" appear only where OpenStreetMap lists a restroom's opening hours: 4 places here, and 1.7% of the US restroom records we use. Those hours are added by volunteers and may be out of date, and "Hours not listed" means only that no hours are recorded.
- Restroom (access not recorded) 21 yards under a minuteHours not listedAccessible
- Restroom (public use allowed) 0.11 mi 2 min walkPublic use allowedAccessible
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.12 mi 2 min walkHours not listed
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.19 mi 4 min walkHours not listed
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.21 mi 4 min walkHours not listedNot wheelchair accessible
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.22 mi 4 min walkHours not listed
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.26 mi 5 min walkHours not listedNot wheelchair accessible
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.29 mi 6 min walkHours not listed
- The Portland Loo 0.32 mi 6 min walkOpen to the publicAccessible Free
- The Portland Loo 0.35 mi 7 min walkOpen to the public
- The Portland Loo 0.36 mi 7 min walkOpen to the publicHours not listed
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.40 mi 8 min walkHours not listed
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.44 mi 9 min walkHours not listedAccessible
- Restrooms inside one building 0.47 mi 9 min walkCustomers onlyHours not listedFree Gender neutral
- Portland Rescue Mission public restroom 0.49 mi 10 min walkOpen to the public
- Restroom (access not recorded) 0.49 mi 10 min walkHours not listed
Frequently Asked Questions
Are there public restrooms in downtown Portland?
Yes. Our map shows 5 of 16 restroom places recorded as open to the public within half a mile of Pioneer Courthouse Square, and 3 of them are the city's Portland Loo units. Portland Parks and Recreation lists five downtown Loos that are generally open 24 hours a day.
Which Portland Loos are open 24 hours?
Portland Parks and Recreation names five downtown Loos as generally open 24/7: North Park Blocks at NW Couch Street, South Park Blocks at SW Columbia Street, Waterfront Park at SW Taylor Street, Waterfront Park at Ash Street, and the original Loo at NW Glisan Street and 5th Avenue. It says all other Loos "generally remain open during park hours, but they may close seasonally".
Is the Portland Loo wheelchair accessible?
Yes. Portland Parks and Recreation describes the Portland Loo as ADA accessible, with exterior handwashing stations for pedestrians. Our data records 4 wheelchair accessible restrooms in total within half a mile of Pioneer Courthouse Square.
Where can I find a restroom late at night in downtown Portland?
The five 24-hour Portland Loos listed by the city are the surest answer. Our data also records a restroom whose operator is the Portland Rescue Mission as open 24 hours. Hours in the data come from OpenStreetMap and can be out of date.
Other areas and tools
Search anywhere in the United States with the Restroom Finder, or see the other restroom area pages.
Restroom locations and details from OpenStreetMap under the ODbL license (OpenStreetMap data from October 2026). Portland Loo locations and hours from Portland Parks and Recreation, as cited above.