So, hopefully we'll be seeing some nice weather soon(knock on wood), and when we do, I want to get outdoors more. I figure hiking would be a nice, fun way to get in shape, and I was wondering if anyone knows any good trails in the Portland area. What do you recommend?
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Thu, April 17, 2008 - 5:14 PMThere's always Forest Park....miles and miles of trails, some busier than others. Varying degrees of difficulty. -
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Fri, April 18, 2008 - 9:05 AMcheck out this site
www.localhikes.com/MSA/MSA_6442.asp
also this is a great book to own:
www.amazon.com/60-Hikes-w.../0897329759 -
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Fri, April 18, 2008 - 9:55 AMI did eagle creek last weekend and it was great! -
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Fri, April 18, 2008 - 10:24 AMFor local hiking you can't beat Forest Park!
www.friendsofforestpark.org/
You might check out this tribe too:
oregonhikingandbackpackin.tribe.net
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Fri, April 18, 2008 - 11:46 PMThere are some excellent hikes in the Columbia Gorge. Right now is a great time to see wild flowers. You can find guide books at the library or at Powells.
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Sat, April 19, 2008 - 7:22 AMThe wetlands North of St. Johns including Kelly Point Park ( Where the Willamette meets the Columbia river ) are very under appreciated. Sauvie Island also has many trails to explore; very good time of year for bird and wildlife watching ( also bike and bus accessible.) A personal favorite trail at the North end of Sauvie Island winds through an old growth oak grove.
The closest Columbia River Gorge park accessible by public transit ( Tri-Met bus # 77 ) is Oxbow park on the Sandy river at Troutdale. If you have a bike, and are adventurous, ride the bus to Estacada to bicycle into the lower forests of the Mt. Hood wilderness area along the Clackamas river. If you have a good vehicle equipped to drive through snow this time of season, Bagby Hot Springs is forty miles from Estacada. Bagby can get busy in summer season, but in the winter a beautiful and more mellow destination to hike through winter forests, then soak in natural mineral hot-springs. -
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Wed, April 23, 2008 - 12:42 AMI too must sugggest Forest Park and also the gorge. The gorge is not too far away and can anything beat the beauty of all the green, flowers and waterfalls. -
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Thu, April 24, 2008 - 10:34 AMI was in Forest Park last weekend. The trillium was everywhere! I've never seen it in such profusion. -
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Thu, April 24, 2008 - 1:21 PMDoes anyone know if it is wrong / against the law / burn in hell.... to transplant a few trillium plants from a park? I know they are a local wildflower, but I don't recall seeing them in a nursery.... Any thoughts? -
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Thu, April 24, 2008 - 3:00 PMIt is very very unethical to "dig up", or touch trilliums from a park or any other place anywhere! Trilliums are available for sale at local nurseries. Ask at Portland Nursery. If they don't have them, then they will point you in the right direction.
You could also check out this nursery. Give them a call and ask questions.
www.nothingbutnwnatives.com/
Native plants growing in the wild or in Parks should be left for the next person to enjoy. -
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Thu, April 24, 2008 - 6:46 PMTryon Creek Park usually hosts a group that has an annual trillium sale. My ex and I used to go get some for our yard. Call Al's or Farmington Gardens and ask about their prices and availabilty. Just DON'T dig them up in a park. Please. -
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Thu, April 24, 2008 - 7:26 PM...<<<<<<flowers of Trillium can seriously injure the plant. The three leaves below the flower are the plant's only food source and a picked trillium may die or take many years to recover. For this reason in many areas, e.g. British Columbia, Michigan, New York, Oregon, and Washington, it is illegal to pick trilliums.[citation needed] While a popular belief is held that it is illegal to pick the common Trillium grandiflorum (white trillium) in Ontario, no such law actually exists. However, the Trillium flexipes (drooping trillium) is protected by law in Ontario [1], where it maintains its very small Canadian population. >>>>>>>
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillium
I always heard it was illegal here to pick them. Plus, they are amazingly fragile. -
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Fri, April 25, 2008 - 12:18 AMElaine is right. Trillium are hard to grow and take years to grow and bloom. -
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Fri, April 25, 2008 - 6:41 AMThanks for all the insight and good advice... knowing these things, now, I have so much MORE appreciation for their beauty and role in the landscape. Someone was telling me that you can get trillium seeds.... I think I'll scout around at the nurseries and see what's available... is this the time of year you would find them?? -
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Fri, April 25, 2008 - 3:19 PM
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