60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland

Including the Coast, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and the Santiam River

Paul Gerald (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

328 Seiten

2022 | 7th Revised edition
Menasha Ridge Press Inc. (Verlag)
9781634043380 (ISBN)

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This guide to 60 of the best hikes within an hour or so from Portland, Oregon, leads to scenic overlooks, mountain retreats, and beautiful forests.

Get outdoors with this guide to 60 of the best hiking trails within an hour or so from Portland, Oregon, leading you to scenic beauty.

The best way to experience Portland is by hiking it! Get outdoors with local author and hiking expert Paul Gerald. Now in full color, this best-selling guide helps you locate and access the top hikes within 60 miles of Rose City. A perfect blend of popular routes and hidden gems, the selected trails transport you to scenic overlooks, mountain retreats, and beautiful forests that renew your spirit and recharge your body.

Hike around Mount Hood on the Timberline Trail. See migrating fish in the Salmon River. Enjoy the wildflowers at Tom McCall Preserve in the Columbia River Gorge. Explore the wildlife sanctuary at Oaks Bottom, right in the heart of the city. Stroll behind waterfalls in Silver Falls State Park. Whale watch from high up on Cape Lookout. With Portland author and outdoors enthusiast Paul Gerald offering advice about where to hike and what to expect when you get there, you’ll learn about the area and experience nature through 60 of Portland’s best hikes!

Each hike description features key at-a-glance information on distance, difficulty, scenery, traffic, hiking time, and more, so you can quickly and easily learn about each trail. Detailed directions, GPS-based trail maps, and elevation profiles help to ensure that you know where you are and where you’re going. Tips on nearby activities further enhance your enjoyment of every outing. So whether you’re a local looking for new places to explore or a visitor to the area, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland provides plenty of options for a couple hours or a full day of adventure, all within about an hour from the city.

Paul Gerald has written professionally for newspapers, magazines, and websites for more than 30 years. After growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he moved to Portland in 1996 to be closer to the mountains and ocean. Since then, he has written hundreds of freelance articles and six books in addition to this one, including Peaceful Places: Portland, Day & Section Hikes: Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon, and Best Tent Camping: Oregon. Paul’s hiking life started at the age of 12, when he went to a summer camp in the Absaroka Mountains of Wyoming. He’s hiked in the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Montana and in Appalachia, Alaska, Argentina, Italy, the UK, and Nepal. He has led hikes, outings, and tours, both domestic and international, for Evergreen Escapes of Portland, Embark Exploration Co. (a Portland-based adventure-travel company), and the Mazamas mountaineering club. He is also on the board of Trailkeepers of Oregon and has worked as a driver for Radio Cab Company. Paul enjoys meeting people who use his books out on the trails; he’s also grateful that none of them have appeared to be lost or angry. He hopes people will continue to enjoy and benefit from the fruits of his labor—if hiking and writing can truly be called labor.

Overview Map

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

60 Hikes by Category

Introduction

Map Legend

In the Columbia River Gorge

Angels Rest and Devils Rest
Beacon Rock State Park
Cape Horn
Catherine Creek
Coyote Wall and The Labyrinth
Dog Mountain
Eagle Creek
Herman Creek
Larch Mountain
Mount Defiance
Tom McCall Preserve
Triple Falls
Wahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls

Around Mount St. Helens

Ape Canyon
Bluff Mountain Trail
Falls Creek Falls
Lava Canyon
Lewis River
Silver Star Mountain: Ed’s Trail
Siouxon Creek
South Fork Toutle River
Trapper Creek Wilderness

Up the Clackamas River

Bagby Hot Springs
Bull of the Woods
Clackamas River
Roaring River Wilderness
Whetstone Mountain

Up the Santiam River

Battle Ax Mountain
Breitenbush Hot Springs Area
Opal Creek Wilderness

Around Mount Hood

Barlow Pass
Cooper Spur
Elk Meadows
Lookout Mountain
Lost Lake
McNeil Point
Mirror Lake
Ramona Falls
Salmon River
Tamanawas Falls
Timberline Lodge
Trillium Lake
Twin Lakes
Vista Ridge
Wildwood Recreation Site
Zigzag Mountain

The Coast and Coast Range

Cape Lookout State Park
Cascade Head
Kings Mountain and Elk Mountain
Oswald West State Park
Saddle Mountain
Tillamook Head
Wilson River

Portland and the Willamette Valley

Macleay Trail
Marquam Trail to Council Crest
Sauvie Island
Silver Falls State Park
Tryon Creek State Natural Area
Washington Park and Hoyt Arboretum
Willamette River Greenway

Appendices

Appendix A: Hiking Stores
Appendix B: Places to Buy Maps
Appendix C: Hiking Clubs
Appendix D: Online Resources

Index

About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	19.07.2021
Reihe/Serie	60 Hikes Within 60 Miles
Zusatzinfo	Color maps and photos throughout
Verlagsort	Birmingham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 228 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Reisen
ISBN-13	9781634043380 / 9781634043380
Zustand	Neuware