Sandy, Oregon: World's Tallest Topiary Bear
Built in 1945, destroyed in 1989, restored in 2012, the "world's tallest bear" is a 34-foot-tall topiary scaffold slowly being covered with ivy.
The Ivy Bear
- Address:
- 54735 E. Hwy 26, Sandy, OR
- Directions:
- On US Hwy 26/Mount Hood Hwy around 8.5 miles east of downtown Sandy.
- Phone:
- 503-208-9111
- Admission:
- Free
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The ivy is making its way up the bear so hoping in a few more years it will be fully covered. It is almost directly on the road with a small, rather sudden pullout as we were heading north. Traveling south you will have more of a warning of the bear's whereabouts. We pulled in and were so close to the bear my Mom was wondering where it was. Ummmm, straight up!
[Adrea Gibbs, 09/12/2023]
We came to see the World's Largest Topiary Bear (which now is almost fully covered in ivy) and stayed for the pizza. Out in the parking lot there's a covered wagon and vintage fire truck. Inside is full-kitschy and half-museum. If you're lucky, Eddie will be working and will dress up in full bear mascot costume for a photo and give the kids fish food for the koi out front!
[jenna felice, 07/21/2022]
A large bear at a pizza joint on the way to Mt. Hood.
[Daryl Keenan, 11/25/2012]The Ivy Bear is the name of both the restaurant and the 34-foot-tall topiary bruin in front of it. Both were built in the mid-1940s, but the topiary bear was destroyed by a storm in the 1980s. Now the bear scaffolding has been restored, with ivy slowly covering it.
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The scaffolding for the current topiary bear was built in 2012, and is so big that it's taken ten years for ivy to cover it.