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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.
List of contents
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
About the author
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.
Summary
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.
