Best Easy Day Hikes Portland, Oregon

by Lizann Dunegan

Overview

The Best Easy Day Hikes series are handy, pocket-size guides for day hikers in America's most popular outdoor destinations. Each guide describes approximately 20-30 easy-to-follow, scenic trails in and around national parks, cities and urban areas, and popular outdoor destinations across America. With hikes varying from half-hour strolls to full-day adventures, these guidebooks are for everyone, including families.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781493008803
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/01/2014
Series:	Best Easy Day Hikes Series
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	144
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Lizann Dunegan is a freelance writer and photographer who specializes in writing outdoor guidebooks and travel articles about the Northwest. Her other books include Best Bike Rides Portland, Oregon, Best Easy Day Hikes Bend, Best Easy Day Hikes Portland, Hiking Oregon, Road Biking Oregon, Best Easy Day Hikes Oregon’s North Coast, Hiking the Oregon Coast, Trail Running Oregon, Mountain Biking Oregon: Northwest and Central Oregon, Insiders Guide to the Oregon Coast, and Canine Oregon. Lizann has been hiking trails in the northwest for more than twenty-five years and is often accompanied by her two dogs Bear and Tiz. Lizann also loves trail running, cycling, riding her horses, backpacking, and camping.

Table of Contents

	Introduction	1
	Weather	1
	Preparing for Your Hike	2
	Day Hiking Checklist	4
	Trail Regulations/Restrictions	5
	Trail Contacts	5
	Zero Impact	7
	The Hikes
1.	Hoyt Arboretum Loop	11
2.	Lower Macleay Park to Pittock Mansion	16
3.	Wild Cherry-Alder Loop	19
4.	Eastbank Esplanade-Tom McCall Waterfront Park Loop	23
5.	Marquam Nature Park to Council Crest	28
6.	Oaks Bottom Wildlife Refuge	32
7.	Oak Island	36
8.	Warrior Rock Lighthouse	40
9.	Mount Tabor	43
10.	Powell Butte	49
11.	Tryon Creek State Park	54
12.	Hagg Lake	58
13.	Minto-Brown Island Park	61
14.	Willamette Mission State Park	65
15.	Silver Falls State Park	68
16.	Clackamas River Trail	72
17.	Riverside Trail	76
18.	Larch Mountain Crater-Sherrard Point	80
19.	Latourell Falls	83
20.	Bridal Veil Falls	87
21.	Elowah Falls-Upper McCord Creek Falls	91
22.	Wahclella Falls	94
23.	Eagle Creek	98
24.	Historic Columbia River Highway State Trail	103
25.	Deschutes River State Park Trail	108
26.	Lost Lake Loop	112
27.	Mirror Lake Loop	115
28.	Salmon River	118
	About the Author	122