Yamhill Loop Guide
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C o l u m 4 b i a R Mayger i v e r Longview Quincy 432 Erickson Dike Rd Beaver Falls Rd 433 Clatskanie 30 Rainier 47 30 202 Mist 47 Vernonia St. Hellens r Scappoose Vernonia Hwy e v i R e m a l h e Warren N Ridgefi eld 30 47 C o l u Scappoose m b i a R i v e r Nehalem Hwy Sauvie Island Vancouver Wilson River Hwy Banks Columbi a River North Plains 30 W i 47 ll am Cornelius Pass Rd Skyline Blvd. ett e Ri ver Cornell Rd Hillsboro 8 Forest Grove Cornell Rd. 8 205 Henry Beaverton Hagg 43 Lake 219 217 Scoggins Valley Rd Boring Gaston River Rd Spring Hill Rd Lake Oswego Damascus Bald Peak Rd Laurel Rd Scholls Ferry Rd Tigard Clackamas 224 212 210 Tu a lati n r 219 Rive 43 Sandy 99W 205 Tualatin Rd Stafford Rd Galdstone Roy Rogers Rd Scholls-Sherwood Rd Tualatin Bald Peak Rd 211 Rd 47 ood 205 rw She Tualatin West Linn 219 Sherwood 211 Springwater Rd Mountain Rd 99E Yamhill Boones Ferry Rd Stafford Rd Oregon City 213 240 99W Newberg Wilsonville Estacada Carlton 219 YamhILL LOOP Dundee Locust St 99E Willam ett Knights Bridge Rd e Ri Arndt Rd 47 ver Canby Spangler Rd Y8 Beaver Creek Rd Lafayette 99W Mola Champoeg Rd lla R iv er Aurora 211 St. Paul Dayton French Prairie Rd McMinnville r Y7 e v 99E i R Meridian Rd g n i 233 d d 219 u P 211 Y6 213 214 221 Molalla 211 Lafayette Hwy Woodburn Molalla Forest Rd 18 Gopher Valley Rd Amity Grand Island Rd Amity Rd Y9 99W Sheridan Y10 Ferry Willamina Y5 18 Y3 18 Y4 Valley Junction 22 Bethel Rd Zena Rd Oak Rd Perrydale Rd Livemore Rd Keizer 22 Y2 Smithfi eld Rd 221 Farmer Rd Coville Rd rom the west bank of the Willamette River across from the state capitol in Salem, this loop leads you west through Y1 F 99W picturesque agricultural lands with grass fields and oak Salem 22 woodlands, and vineyards on rolling hillsides. Your first stop,Dallas Baskett Slough National Wildlife Refuge, is one of the valley’s premier birding areas, and includes some of the best remaining Y1. Baskett Slough zigzags N & E for 1mi, then turnsCommercial Rd N for examples of native upland prairie. Continuing west to Fort National Wildlife Refuge 1.2 Rivermi beforeRd turning E. Continue E 0.5 Yamhill, you’ll learn about the native people who shaped the From Salem go W on Hwy 22 for 12 mi mi to gravel parking lot on S side of intersection with Livermore Rd. unique Willamette Valley ecosystemFalls City over thousands of years, to signed overlook with viewing kiosk and continue in this area. From here, the Oregon Coast Birding on N side of Hwy (GPS 44˚ 57.127’ Created for Dusky Canada Geese, this N, 123˚ 16.157’Independence W). Coville Rd and refuge has expansive wetlands, fields, Trail is just 25 miles through the Coast Range, but you’ll want Monmouth 51 Baskett access: From overlook and oak savanna andLiberty Rd woodland. Trails, to return on the northern leg of the loop, which passes through Monmouth Hwy continue W on Hwy 22 for 1 mi. Turn R pullouts, observation platforms and the renowned Yamhill wine-growing district. Turning south, on Smithfield Rd and immediately turn overlooks provide excellent wildlife you’ll return to the bottomlands along the Willamette River, R again, onto Coville Rd. View wetlands viewing opportunities. Along with where you can close the loop by returning to West Salem, or use from pullouts along Coville Rd or Dusky Canada Goose, other subspecies continue E for 1 mi to Baskett Butte of Canada Goose and Cackling Goose 99W er the charming Wheatland Ferry to cross to the223 Heritage Loop. Riv trailhead. Morgan Lake access: ettgrazee the fields as large flocks in winter, er m iv From overlook continue W on Hwy 22 la when Northern Harrier, Red-tailed te R l Loop sponsorship available Luckiamu i Buena Vista Rd for 1 mi. Turn R on SmithfieldCorvallis Rd R d, whichW Hawk, and Rough-legged Hawk hunt Buena Vista Ferry Maple Grove Rd 19 Talbot Rd Pedee Airlie Airlie Rd Buena Vista Rd Kings Valley maxfi eld Creek Rd Springhill Dr Camp Adair Rd Hoskins 20 99E 20 20 Kings Valley HwyKings Valley Albany 223 99W Blodgett 20 Oak Creek Dr Walnut Blvd Wren 99E 20 20 34 S o Corvallis u Peoria Rd t h 53rd st 53rd Tangent S 34 a Philomath n Lebanon t r i e Tangent Dr a iv m 34 M ’s R ary River Ca la mary’s Peak Rd p 20 oo ia R i 99W v e r Decker Rd Greenberry Peoria Shedd r e 34 v i R e t t e m a l l Peoria Rd i Sweet Home Bellfountain Rd W Halsey Brownsville Alsea Bruce Rd 228 228 99E 34 Bellfountain Gap Rd South Fork Rd Alpine 99W Monroe Alpine Rd Diamond Hill Rd Harrisburg 99W Junction City W 36 il Cheshire la 99 m e t t e R i v e r Vida 36 126 Alvadore Coburg Green Hill Rd Hill Green Walterville Territorial Hwy Santa Clear Lake Rd 99 Clara Leaburg Belt Line Hwy Fern Ridge Lake 126 Elmira Royal Ave Eugene 126 126 126 126 99 Springfeild Veneta Cantrell Rd Central Rd Jasper-Lowell Rd. Goshen 58 Willamette Rd Big Fall Creek Rd. Lower Fox Hollow Rd Pengra Rd. Fall Creek Reservoir Winberry Creek Rd. Creswell Lowell Dexter Reservoir Boundary Rd. Dexter 58 Lookout Point Reservoir 99 Cottage Grove Boundary Rd. N Fork Rd. North Side Rd. Sunset Rd. 58 Westfi r Oakridge Y2. Livermore Road Ronde Tribal Pow Wow grounds, to the Follow directions for Morgan Lake parking lot. access, Baskett Slough NWR (Site Y1). Fort Yamhill was built in the mid- Park here to walk S part of road, or bird 1800’s to regulate the eastern border your way N for 4.2 mi N to intersection of the Grand Ronde Agency Coastal TH with Bethel Rd just E of the small Reservation, and represents a difficult community of Perrydale. For a loop time for the people of the region. from N end of Livermore Rd back Besides birding interest, a visit offers through Baskett Slough NWR: Go a glimpse into life in the 1850s and E on Bethel Rd 1.9 mi to Hwy 99W, 1860s. A 0.5 mi hiking trail winds then S 6 mi to Coville Rd. through Douglas-fir forest edge and PHOTO BY: KEVIN SMI PHOTO BY: Lincoln's Sparrow The southern part of this rural gravel open, hilly meadow. Be on lookout road has brush lines and pastures that for a variety of birds, depending on California Quail the season, including Black-throated PHOTO BY: over the fields. The fields are among support wrens, sparrows and warblers, STEVE DOWLAN the best places in the Willamette Valley with numerous wetlands that harbor Gray, Orange-crowned, and Wilson’s Warblers, Bewick’s and Winter Wrens, to see Streaked Horned Lark, as well ducks, geese, and swans, especially in Y5. Sheridan as American Pipit and (rarely) Lapland winter. The northern end is open grass Bushtit, Black-capped and Chestnut- Longspur. Wetlands host wintering fields. In winter look for accipiters, backed Chickadees, Violet-green and Wetlands Park waterfowl, swans, Great Egret, Bald Northern Harrier, Rough-legged Hawk, Tree Swallows, Steller’s and Western The Sheridan Wetlands Park is on the S Eagle, and Peregrine Falcon, with White-tailed Kite, and Northern Shrike. Scrub-Jays, Warbling, Hutton’s and side of Hwy 18, between the Sheridan Gyrfalcon and Golden Eagle in some 1.7 mi N of Smithfield Rd, an open area Cassin’s Vireos, Red-breasted Nuthatch, Federal Correctional Facility and Hwy winters. In spring look for Cinnamon reliably hosts Western Meadowlark, Brown Creeper, and Swainson’s Thrush. 18 at Sheridan, just east of the Ballston Teal, Gadwall, Wilson’s Phalarope Streaked Horned Lark, and wintering Rd overpass. Follow a short gravel ACEFG drive off the paved road (Bridge St) to and American White Pelican. The American Pipit. Also watch for Prairie Sponsorship available north end of the refuge has become a Falcon, Burrowing Owl, and Short- reach the wetlands. GPS 45˚ 06’ N, reliable place to see White-tailed Kite eared Owl at dusk. Marshes along the Y4. Willamina 123˚ 23.3’ W. and Northern Shrike. The Morgan Lake S half of the road have nesting Yellow- Fishing Pond This park is one of the best known access (intersection of Smithfield & headed Blackbird. For a very pleasant waterfowl and shorebird spots in From Hwy 18 Business Route (Main Livermore Rds) is a good spring and birding experience in good weather, Yamhill County. Comprising a small St) in Willamina, turn S on E St. Go late-summer shorebird spot. The oak park at the Morgan Lake access for pond on the L as you drive in, a large about 1 block and turn L on Yamhill. woodland and savanna of Baskett Butte BSNWR, and walk or bike along the wastewater treatment pond in front of Follow Yamhill into the parking area for hosts Western Wood-Pewee, Hutton’s southernmost mile or two. The wetland the parking area, and two huge ponds the park/pond. GPS 45˚ 4.72’ N, 123˚ Vireo, White-breasted Nuthatch, Black- restorations on both sides of the road to the L (N) of the dike, the area can host 29.15’ W.