Chris's Guidebook
Wildlife Viewing
Killin Wetlands is one of the few remaining peat wetlands in the region. Peat soil is made when the leaves from pond lilies, willows and other wetland plants sink to the wetland floor and then partially decompose. Think of it like wetland compost: it’s dark and rich, light and spongy. This process draws carbon out of the atmosphere and stores, or sequesters, it in the wetland.
Killin Wetlands Nature Park
46280 Northwest Cedar Canyon RoadTrail
Moderately steep, great exercise, views of the Tillamook Forest and Coast Range on a clear day. Introductory immersion to Pacific Northwest rainforest on a wet day.
King's Mountain Trailhead
12330 LA-22Moderately steep, great exercise, views of the Tillamook Forest and Coast Range on a clear day. Introductory immersion to Pacific Northwest rainforest on a wet day.
Banks-Vernonia State Trail is the first “rails-to-trails” park in Oregon. The trail follows an abandoned railroad bed that stretches 21 miles between the cities of Banks and Vernonia. The Buxton Trailhead features an amazing 80’ curved wooden trestle over Mendenhall Creek.
The trail consists of a paved 8-foot wide hiking and bicycle trail alongside a gravel trail for horses that's about 4-foot wide in most sections. The gentle grade allows hikers, bicyclists, equestrians and people of all abilities to enjoy the scenic mountains, fields and forests of Washington and Columbia counties.
Buxton Trailhead
Banks-Vernonia State Trail is the first “rails-to-trails” park in Oregon. The trail follows an abandoned railroad bed that stretches 21 miles between the cities of Banks and Vernonia. The Buxton Trailhead features an amazing 80’ curved wooden trestle over Mendenhall Creek.
The trail consists of a paved 8-foot wide hiking and bicycle trail alongside a gravel trail for horses that's about 4-foot wide in most sections. The gentle grade allows hikers, bicyclists, equestrians and people of all abilities to enjoy the scenic mountains, fields and forests of Washington and Columbia counties.
The Tillamook Spit: Unusual flat loop hike on a narrow, yet hilly peninsula separating the Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean. There once was a resort here; hotel, a dance hall, even a glass enclosed swimming pool. And over a few wild winters in the 1900s the ocean washed it all away. Today there are pines, blueberries, mushrooms, herons and egrets and a long strand of beach with sand dunes. Start walking north along the water, to the tip of the land, around to the rock jetty that protects the entrance to the bay, turn south, toward the sun and follow the foamy water’s edge back to your car.
14 moradores locais recomendam
Bayocean Peninsula County Park
North Hwy 131The Tillamook Spit: Unusual flat loop hike on a narrow, yet hilly peninsula separating the Tillamook Bay and the Pacific Ocean. There once was a resort here; hotel, a dance hall, even a glass enclosed swimming pool. And over a few wild winters in the 1900s the ocean washed it all away. Today there are pines, blueberries, mushrooms, herons and egrets and a long strand of beach with sand dunes. Start walking north along the water, to the tip of the land, around to the rock jetty that protects the entrance to the bay, turn south, toward the sun and follow the foamy water’s edge back to your car.
Beach
North end of Cannon, a mountain crashes into the sea.
Where the forest meets the Pacific. Sand dunes. Rocky point on the edge of Ecola. No bathroom but worth holding it for a couple hours. Public restrooms at Les Shirley Park on the way into north Cannon along Ecola Creek . . .
Chapman Point
Where the forest meets the Pacific. Sand dunes. Rocky point on the edge of Ecola. No bathroom but worth holding it for a couple hours. Public restrooms at Les Shirley Park on the way into north Cannon along Ecola Creek . . .
Huge sand dune to climb. Surf City. Pelican Brew Pub. Visible sandstone layers sculpted by wind. Wild in the wind. Moody in the fog.
Praia da Cidade do Pacífico
Huge sand dune to climb. Surf City. Pelican Brew Pub. Visible sandstone layers sculpted by wind. Wild in the wind. Moody in the fog.
Rock Islands. Lower tides, more sand. Migrating waterfalls and shallow caves. Edge of the continent.
6 moradores locais recomendam
Hug Point
Rock Islands. Lower tides, more sand. Migrating waterfalls and shallow caves. Edge of the continent.
Neighborhoods
Tall Douglas fir, Western Red Cedar, Bigleaf maple, elderberry, black-tail deer, piliated woodpecker, lichen and moss. Sunsets over the Coast Range.
Timber
Tall Douglas fir, Western Red Cedar, Bigleaf maple, elderberry, black-tail deer, piliated woodpecker, lichen and moss. Sunsets over the Coast Range.
Wilson River Highway (Hwy 6): Swimmin’ holes, circling salmon in spring and fall, red alder groves, follow the fishing trails along the south side of the river. Dippers fly upriver in the afternoons. Relaxing along the Wilson.
Tillamook Forest Center has wonderful exhibits on Pacific Northwest Rainforests, historic logging, a film documenting the many Tillamook burns. Cross over the Wilson on the suspension bridge, and climb the fire watchers tower!
Oregon 6
Oregon 6Wilson River Highway (Hwy 6): Swimmin’ holes, circling salmon in spring and fall, red alder groves, follow the fishing trails along the south side of the river. Dippers fly upriver in the afternoons. Relaxing along the Wilson.
Tillamook Forest Center has wonderful exhibits on Pacific Northwest Rainforests, historic logging, a film documenting the many Tillamook burns. Cross over the Wilson on the suspension bridge, and climb the fire watchers tower!
Wildlife viewing along Gales Creek valley farmland. White-tailed deer. Roosevelt Elk herds graze along the edges. Redtail hawks hunt and occasional Bald eagles swoop down from perches up high. Edges are where the action happens, watch for movement and species interaction.
OR-8, Oregon, EUA
Wildlife viewing along Gales Creek valley farmland. White-tailed deer. Roosevelt Elk herds graze along the edges. Redtail hawks hunt and occasional Bald eagles swoop down from perches up high. Edges are where the action happens, watch for movement and species interaction.