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Best Hiking Trails in Forest Park

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Overview

At over 5,200 acres and featuring more than 80 miles of trails, Forest Park is one of the nation's largest urban forest reserves. It is located in Northwest Portland, Oregon.

Getting Started

Forest Park has over 40 access points. Popular trailheads Include:

Wildwood/Pittock Mansion Trailhead
Lower Macleay Trailhead
Upper Macleay and Macleay Park Trailheads
Lower Saltzman Trailhead
Wildwood/Germantown Trailhead

TriMet Lines 15 and 16 offer stops that are short walks to trailheads.

Max Light Rail Blue Line and Red Line stop a short distance from Wildwood Trailhead.

Lower Macleay and Leif Erikson/Thurman Trailheads feature bike racks.

When to Go

Forest Park is open to the public from 5:00 am until 10:00 pm every day.

Dog Info

Dogs on a leash are allowed in Forest Park.


Resources

  • forestparkconservancy.org
  • wikipedia

  • Hiking Trails (71)
  • Reviews (2)
  1. 1
    Wildwood Trail Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 13.9 mi
  2. 2
    Witches Castle Loop
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 14.1 mi
  3. 3
    Northwest Leif Erikson Drive Loop
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 15.0 mi
  4. 4
    Clark and Wilson Park Loop via Wildwood Trail and Northwest Leif Erikson Drive
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ MODERATE 5.6 mi
  5. 5
    Pittock Bird Sanctuary via Wildwood Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.6 mi
  6. 6
    Clark and Wilson Park via Wildwood Trail and Water Line Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ EASY 2.1 mi
  7. 7
    Lower Macleay Park Trailhead via Wildwood Trail
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 13.8 mi
  8. 8
    Invasive Species via Northwest Leif Erikson Drive and Wildwood Trail
    ★ ★ ★ EASY 4.9 mi
  9. 9
    Invasive Species Loop via Wildwood Trail
    ★ ★ ★ DIFFICULT 9.4 mi
  10. 10
    Wildwood Trail
    ★ ★ ★ EASY 1.7 mi
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    Sergey 3 years, 3 months ago
    It is a Forest Park hike. So with exception of a couple short sections in the beginning, it is all in an old growth forest, and not so many views. Most of this hike is on dirt roads, except of 1.93 km / 1.2 miles section on the Wildwood Trail. During the rainy season the route get muddy, but it is not too bad.
    ★ ★ ★

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    ragarcia05 3 years, 2 months ago
    ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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