Portland Loop Guide

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 POrtlaND LOOP Sauvie Island Vancouver Wilson River Hwy Banks 14 P1 Columbi a River North Plains P2 P3 30 N Portland Rd 205 Lombart St NE Portland Hwy W P4 47 il la St Helens Rd m NE Sandy Blvd P6 Cornelius Pass Rd Skyline Blvd. ett P5 Marine Dr e Ri ver Portland Yeon Ave 205 Troutdale Cornell Rd P7 C1 P11 Hillsboro 242nd St 8 Forest Grove Cornell Rd. Division St P9 Powell Blvd P10 P8 8 Gresham Henry 205 Hagg Multnomah 43 Lake 219 217ortland’s reputation as a “green” metropolitan area is confirmed Spring and summer bring songbirds excellent site for waterfowl in winter, Scoggins Valley Rd to the forest, including Red-Eyed Vireo. and southbound shorebirds in late by a remarkable array of birding sites, offering a chance to find P Milwaukie Bald Eagle nest on site. On warm days, summer, including Black-bellied Plover. nearly every species of bird that regularly occurs in the Willamette you may see Western Painted Turtles Summering ducks includeBoring Cinnamon Gaston River Rd Valley. From the Willamette River confluence east to the Sandy River basking in the backwaters. Paddling is and Blue-winged Teal. Many swallows Spring Hill Rd Delta, the mighty Columbia LakeRiver Oswegoand nearby lakes and wetlands best in spring and early summerDamascus when forage over the water in season. Check Bald Peak Rd Laurel Rd Scholls Ferry Rd Tigard Clackamasthe water level is still high enough for the wooded edges for warblers, vireos, offer you views of loons, grebes, geese and ducks, while open habitats 224 212 210 Tu good access. and tanagers. Yellow-headed Blackbird a lati n r can host kingbirds, shrikes, sparrows and longspurs depending on 219 Rive 43 has nested here. Red-shouldered Hawk Sandy 99Wthe season. As you turn south and west, forested remnants of extinct 205 ARCVEFGPQ appears occasionally, while American Sponsorship available Tualatin Rd Stafford Rd Galdstone Kestrel, Red-tail Hawk, Osprey, and Roy Rogers Rd volcanoes rise above the heart of the city, providing sanctuary to Bald Eagle are expected. Another 0.5 Scholls-Sherwood Rd migrant flycatchers,Tualatin vireos, and warblers along with resident forest Bald Peak Rd P2. Vanport Wetlands mi NW on Broadacre is Force Lake, a 211 47 od Rd take I-5 to Exit birds.wo Returning to the205 Willamette River at Oaks Bottom, you’ll From Portland, good place to scope for migrant grebes, er atin Sh West Linn Tual find more waterfowl and shorebirds during migration. West of the 306B for the Expo Center. Turn L at ducks, and shorebirds. the bottom of the ramp, go under the 219 Sherwood 211 river on majestic heights overlooking the Willamette confluence Springwater Rd Mountain Rd 99E freeway, and turn R on Expo Rd. From EFGKQ where you started, you can even encounter Red Crossbill, Evening Sponsor: Port of Portland Yamhill Boones Ferry Rd Vancouver or Hayden Island, take Grosbeak, and otherStafford Rd denizens of the Oregon Coast Range. Oregon City Exit 306 (Interstate Ave), stay in R lane and take another exit for Delta Park / P3. Marine Drive Loop Sponsor: Port of Portland Portland Meadows in 0.25 mi. At the Marine Dr can be reached from Exit 307 213 240 bottom of the ramp, go straight 0.2 mi off I-5, or by taking the 122nd Ave or 99W The path begins at the park entrance, on Expo Rd and turn L on Broadacre. 223rd Ave exits N from I-84. WilsonvilleP1. Smith-Bybee Lakes Small parking areas are on both sides Estacada Carlton Newberg and runs 0.5 mi through cottonwood Marine Dr runs along the top of the dike 219 Wildlife Area forest and riparian brush to two of the road within 0.1 mi, just past that protects the Portland Airport area the entrance to Portland International from floods. You’ll find many places Dundee From Portland, take I-5 N to Exit 307, observation blinds. In winter, along Locust St Raceway. and follow signs for Marine Dr W. The with sparrows99E including Lincoln’s and to scan the Columbia River for loons, Willam ett park entrance is about 1.5Knights mi Bridgedown Rd on White-throated Sparrows, expect to This mitigation project comprises about grebes, and diving ducks, as well as e Ri Arndt Rd ver the L. Canby see many geese and ducks, notably Spangler60 Rdac of open wetland with hummocks Osprey and Bald Eagle. A paved multi- that become islands as water levels use path that runs alongside the road. Access the wildlife area by the Canvasback, Redhead, and Common Goldeneye, and hundreds of Great drop during summer.Beaver The Creek perimeter Rd is Parking areas all along the way offer Interlakes Trail (paved). A portable Mola Champoeg Rd lla fenced and the interior is off-limits, but many viewing points, but one of the toilet at the trailhead; a parking lot with Egret that showRi up as water levels are v er viewing is possible from the N side of most popular birding destinations is restrooms is 0.25 mi from the entrance. lowered in fall. Migrant shorebirds 211 Aurora use the area in summer and fall. a large off-leash dog field. This is an Broughton Beach (3 mi E of I-5, just St. Paul 10 French Prairie Rd r e v 99E i R Meridian Rd g n i d d 219 u P 213 211 214 Molalla 211 Woodburn Molalla Forest Rd 99W Salem 22 Dallas Commercial Rd River Rd Falls City Independence Monmouth 51 Liberty Rd Monmouth Hwy 99W er 223 Riv ette er m iv a te R ll Luckiamu i Buena Vista Rd Corvallis Rd W Buena Vista Ferry Maple Grove Rd 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 P5. Columbia River The Sandy River Delta, particularly its E side, is a unique area of extensive open Slough habitat near the mouth of the Columbia From NE 148th and NE Sandy Blvd go Gorge. As such, it draws birds that are N to Airport Way. Turn R on Airport Way. otherwise hard to find in the northern Watch for green sign, turn R at sign and Willamette Valley. In late spring thru proceed to small parking lot. summer look for nesting Red-eyed EMAN D Vireo, Yellow Warbler, Yellow-breasted IN The Columbia River Slough is a nearly L 20-mi chain of narrow waterways Chat, Lazuli Bunting and Bullock’s LEN and ponds that stretches almost Oriole. Eastern Kingbirds reach the G Bewick's Wren continuously from Kelly Point (at western limit of their documented PHOTO BY: the confluence of the Willamette and breeding range on the E side of the STEPHANIE HAZEN Columbia Rivers) to Fairview Lake in delta. Many intermontane-region PHOTO BY: Chestnut-backed Chickadee past Salty’s Restaurant). Park in the Gresham. Restoration efforts by Metro vagrants such as Sage Thrasher and large gravel lot on the S side of the and the City of Portland have restored Mountain Bluebird have been found. road, cross, and take the path E. The this urbanized landscape so that it now The delta also includes access to A wide gravel path takes you around 1.25 mi walk to the Sea Scout Base supports river otters, painted turtles, reclaimed wetlands which now host two small lakes surrounded by willows passes through a small but productive dragonflies, and more than 170 species Sora and Virginia Rail, Cinnamon Teal, and some cattails, with a second patch of short-grass habitat on sandy of birds. The best season for a paddle and Solitary Sandpiper (in migration). path continuing N through a grassy soil, which is a wintertime magnet for trip is late spring, when the woods In winter, look for Northern Shrike meadow and ash woods.

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