Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon: A Guide to the City's Greatest Hiking, Paddling, and Cycling

Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon: A Guide to the City's Greatest Hiking, Paddling, and Cycling

by Adam Sawyer
Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon: A Guide to the City's Greatest Hiking, Paddling, and Cycling

Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon: A Guide to the City's Greatest Hiking, Paddling, and Cycling

by Adam Sawyer

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Overview

Who says you have to travel far from home to go on a great hike, paddle, or bike ride? Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, Oregon details nearly forty of the best hikes, paddles, bike routes, and adventures within an hour’s drive from the Portland, Oregon, area. This book is perfect for the urban and suburbanite who may be hard-pressed to find great outdoor activities close to home.

This guide not only include the best cycling, hiking, and paddling, but also ziplining, rock climbing, and disc golf - perfect for families!

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781493017119
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 08/15/2016
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 256
File size: 24 MB
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About the Author

Adam Sawyer is an outdoor and travel writer, photographer, guide and published author based out of Portland, Oregon. He wrote as the Portland Hiking Examiner for Examiner.com and authored the bi-weekly column Portland Family Outdoors for Craigmore Creations. In addition to writing for Travel Oregon and Red Tricycle, his work has appeared in Northwest Travel, Portland Monthly, Columbia River Gorge, Cascade Journal, and Backpacker Magazines. He was the co-host of the KEEN HybridLife Radio Show for its duration and now serves as a sponsored athlete for the company. He is the author of a number of guidebooks including Hiking Waterfalls in Oregon, Hiking Waterfalls in Washington, and the forthcoming Best Outdoor Adventures Near Portland, all for Falcon Guides. Adam is also a professional guide, giving Columbia River Gorge tours for Hometown Advantage and Epicurean Excursion tours for Portland Walking Tours.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction 1

How to Use This Guide 2

The Ten Essentials 3

First Aid 10

Trail Etiquette 16

Hiking with Children 17

Hiking with Your Dog 19

Map Legend 23

Cycling 25

Road Rides

1 Council Crest-Washington Park Loop 27

2 Willamette River Loop 31

3 Forest Park Loop 37

4 North Portland Loop 41

5 Larch Mountain 46

Bike Paths

6 Leif Erikson Drive 50

7 Springwater Corridor 53

8 Banks-Vernonia Trail 57

9 Hood River to Mosier Trail 61

Singletrack Trail Rides

10 Powell Butte 65

11 Lumberyard Indoor Bike Park 70

12 Sandy Ridge 72

13 Syncline 77

14 Ape Canyon to Plains of Abraham 81

Hiking 87

In Town

15 Balch Creek to Pittock Mansion 89

16 4T Trail 95

17 Hoyt Arboretum 101

18 North Wildwood Trail 106

19 Tryon Creek State Park 110

20 Powell Butte 114

21 Lacamas Park 118

Out of Town

22 Wahkeena-Multnomah Falls Loop 123

23 Oneonta Gorge 129

24 Wahclella Falls 133

25 Eagle Creek 137

26 Falls Creek Falls 142

27 Dog Mountain 149

28 Trail of Ten Falls (Silver Falls State Park) 153

Paddling 157

Flat Water

29 Smith and Bybee Lakes 159

30 Ross Island 164

31 Willamette Narrows 168

32 Scappoose Bay 172

33 Timothy Lake 175

Whitewater

34 Clackamas River 179

35 White Salmon River 184

36 Deschutes River 189

Other Adventures 195

Rock Climbing 196

37 Broughton Bluffs 198

38 Beacon Rock 202

39 Ozone Wall 207

Disc Golf 210

40 Dabney Disc Golf 211

41 Pier Park Disc Golf 214

Ziplining 217

42 Tree to Tree Adventure Park 218

43 High Life Adventures 219

Adventure Index 220

About the Author 221

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