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Oregon

Trillium Trail
in Tryon Creek State Natural Area

Oregon | Portland | Trails Trail Rating:

Ruth Pennington Trillium Trail Loop Hike Nature Trail Tryon Creek State Natural Area Portland Oregon

Want to learn about the native plants growing in Tryon Creek State Natural Area and elsewhere in the forests around Portland? Take an easy stroll (or roll a wheelchair) around Trillium Trail. This pair of paved loops is located next to Tryon Creek Nature Center and totals just 0.37 miles in length. Markers identify the green things growing along the trail and viewing decks peer into... Read more.

By: Seth Smigelski Published: March 3, 2017 Last updated: April 19, 2017

Oregon

Holman Lane – Wildwood Trail – Birch Trail Loop
in Forest Park, Portland

Oregon | Portland | Trails Trail Rating:

Holman Lane Loop Hike Wildwood Trail Birch Trail Loop Forest Park Portland Oregon Birch Trailhead

Forest Park offers nearly instant access to the outdoors for people in Portland, Oregon. Pittock Mansions and the Stone House are popular destinations that can attract weekend crowds in Forest Park. For a quieter hike, combine Holman Lane, a section of Wildwood Trail, and Birch Trail for a 2.7-mile loop with 425 feet of elevation change. Holman Lane and Birch Trail leave NW 53rd Drive next... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Forest Park · Free Trails · Northwest Portland · Tualatin Mountains · West Hills of Portland
Distance: 2.7 miles · Elevation change: 425 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: February 22, 2017 Last updated: October 19, 2018

Oregon

Tumalo Falls
in Deschutes National Forest

Central OR | Oregon | Trails Trail Rating:

Tumalo Falls Hike Bend Oregon Deschutes National Forest Tumalo Creek North Fork Trail

Tumalo Falls is rightfully considered one of the must-see attractions in Bend, Oregon. The grandest waterfall on Tumalo Creek makes a nearly 100-foot drop from a cliff in Deschutes National Forest west of Bend. Admire the broad single-drop waterfall from a downstream viewpoint that is fifty yards from Tumalo Falls Day Use Area. Then take a half a mile round trip hike to an overlook at the... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Bend · Cascade Range · Deschutes National Forest · Waterfalls
Distance: 0.5 miles · Elevation change: 105 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: December 2, 2016 Last updated: December 21, 2017

Oregon

Tumalo Falls Loop
in Deschutes National Forest

Central OR | Oregon | Trails Trail Rating:

Tumalo Falls Loop Hike Bend Oregon North Fork Trail Swampy Lakes Trail Bridge Creek Trail Loop Deschutes National Forest

Tumalo Falls is the tallest and most beautiful waterfall on Tumalo Creek near Bend, Oregon, but it isn't the creek's only waterfall. If you like seeing water tumble, go beyond the half-mile round trip hike to Tumalo Falls and explore a grander 7.4 miles loop that visits half dozen other named waterfalls and perhaps a dozen more unnamed smaller waterfalls and cascades. The loop is formed by... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Bend · Cascade Range · Deschutes National Forest · Waterfalls
Distance: 7.4 miles · Elevation change: 1100 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: December 2, 2016 Last updated: August 29, 2019

Oregon

Deschutes River Trail to Benham Falls
in Deschutes National Forest

Central OR | Oregon | Trails Trail Rating:

Benham Falls Hike Deschutes River Trail Bend Oregon Deschutes National Forest Sunriver

Strolling down Deschutes River Trail toward Benham Falls, you might be skeptical that this calm river will hasten into rapids and cascades. The wall of volcanic rock on the far side of the river does offer an early clue that something dramatic could happen. The Deschutes River was rerouted by Lava Butte Lava Flow, causing it to tumble over a few waterfalls on its path north toward Bend. ... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Bend · Cascade Range · Deschutes National Forest · Lava Butte Lava Flow · Sunriver · Waterfalls
Distance: 1.9 miles · Elevation change: 50 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: November 21, 2016 Last updated: July 23, 2019

Oregon

Trail of the Molten Land
in Newberry National Volcanic Monument

Central OR | Oregon | Trails Trail Rating:

Trail of the Molten Land Newberry National Volcanic Monument Deschutes National Forest Bend Lava Butte Lava Flow Trail Central Oregon Hike

You'll be grateful to find pavement and not melting hot lava on Trail of the Molten Land. This impressive trail is built atop a barren landscape of dark volcanic rock, the Lava Butte Lava Flow in Newberry National Volcanic Monument, which is part of Deschutes National Forest. Panels along the trail provide information about how the lava flow began at Lava Butte, a cinder cone above the... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Bend · Deschutes National Forest · Lava Butte Lava Flow · Nature Trails · Newberry National Volcanic Monument · Sunriver
Distance: 1.25 miles · Elevation change: 135 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: November 18, 2016 Last updated: August 29, 2019

Oregon

Trail of the Whispering Pines
in Newberry National Volcanic Monument

Central OR | Oregon | Trails Trail Rating:

Trail of the Whispering Pines Newberry National Volcanic Monument Deschutes National Forest Bend Interpretive Botanical Trail Central Oregon Hike

Trail of the Whispering Pines is an interpretive botanical trail highlighting high desert plants in Newberry National Volcanic Monument. This short and level paved path covers just a quarter mile. Trail of the Whispering Pines can easily be explored as a 0.4-mile walk beginning and ending at Lava Lands Visitor Center. This short hike can be connected to Trail of the Molten Land, which is... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Bend · Deschutes National Forest · Lava Butte Lava Flow · Nature Trails · Newberry National Volcanic Monument · Sunriver · Wheelchair-Friendly
Distance: 0.4 miles · Elevation change: 5 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: November 18, 2016 Last updated: January 25, 2018

Oregon

Lava Butte
in Newberry National Volcanic Monument

Central OR | Oregon | Trails Trail Rating:

Lava Butte Trail Newberry National Volcanic Monument Deschutes National Forest Bend Lava Butte Hike Central Oregon Lava Butte Lookout

Lava Butte is a 500-foot tall cinder cone along the Northwest Rift of Newberry Volcano in Central Oregon. It rises prominently over Route 97 between Bend and Sunriver. A fire lookout tower sits atop Lava Butte and is joined by a rim trail that offers panoramic views over a dark volcanic landscape. Lava Butte also provides majestic views of the Cascade Mountains to the west. For a short... Read more.

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OK! Add to trails I want to hike Tagged with · Bend · Buttes · Deschutes National Forest · Lookout Towers · Newberry National Volcanic Monument · Summits · Sunriver
Distance: 3.85 miles · Elevation change: 520 feet

By: Seth Smigelski Published: November 9, 2016 Last updated: September 9, 2019

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