Mill Ends Park

Mill Ends Park is a tiny circular city park in downtown Portland beside Tom McCall Waterfront Park near the Willamette River, measuring just two feet across and consisting of a single tree. Created in 1948 from an unused light-pole opening, it was planted by Oregon Journal writer Dick Fagan and named for his column. Fagan turned it into a local joke and folklore site through tales of leprechauns, and after his death it became an official city park in 1976. Long recognized as the smallest urban park in the United States, it has remained a distinctive Portland landmark through miniature features, ceremonies, relocations, and restoration after vandalism.

Portland, Oregon · United States