Fern Ridge Loop

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. Tualatin Valley Hwy 8 205 Henry Beaverton Hagg 43 Lake 219 217 Scoggins Valley Rd Spring Hill Rd Boring Gaston River Rd Laurelwood 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 Dundee Locust St 99E Willam ett Knights Bridge Rd e Ri Arndt Rd 47 ver Canby Spangler Rd Beaver Creek Rd Lafayette 99W Mola Champoeg Rd lla R iv er Aurora 211 St. Paul Dayton French Prairie Rd McMinnville r e v 99E i R Meridian Rd g n i 233 d d 219 u P 211 213 214 221 Molalla 211 Lafayette Hwy Woodburn Molalla Forest Rd 18 Amity Grand Island Rd Amity Rd 99W Sheridan Willamina 18 18 99E Mt. Angel 213 Valley Brooklake Rd Junction 22 Bethel Rd 214 213 Zena Rd Wheatland Rd Wheatland Hazelgreen Rd Silverton Oak Rd Silverton Rd 22 Livemore Rd Keizer Smithfi eld Rd 221 Farmer Rd 214 Coville Rd Portland Rd 99W Salem Cascade Hwy 22 Dallas Commercial Rd 22 River Rd 214 214 Falls City Turner Independence Aumsville Monmouth 51 Liberty Rd Monmouth Hwy Sublimity Stayton 22 99W er Ankeny Hill Rd 223 Riv Hunsaker Rd ette er m iv a te R ll Lyons Luckiamu i Buena Vista Rd Corvallis Rd W Wintel Rd Buena Vista Ferry Jefferson Hwy Maple Grove Rd Talbot Rd Stayton Rd Pedee Airlie Duckfl at Rd Marion Airlie Rd Jefferson Marion Rd Corvallis Rd Stayton-Scio Rd Stayton-Scio Buena Vista Rd Jefferson 226 Kings Valley Scio Maxfi eld Creek Rd Springhill Dr Camp Adair Rd Hoskins Independence Hwy Independence 20 99E 20 20 Kings Valley HwyKings Valley Albany 223 99W Blodgett 20 Oak Creek Dr Walnut Blvd Wren 99E 20 Harrison Blvd 20 20 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 FERN RIDGE LOOP Junction City W 36 il Cheshire la 99 m e t t e R i v e r Vida 36 126 Alvadore Coburg F10 Green Hill Rd Hill Green Walterville Territorial Hwy Santa Clear Lake Rd F11 99 Clara Leaburg Belt Line Hwy Fern Ridge Lake 126 Elmira Royal Ave Eugene F7 F6 F2 126 126 F5 F1 126 F4 126 F9 99 Springfi eld Veneta Cantrell Rd F8 Central Rd M idd le Fo rk ern Ridge Reservoir is the Willamette Valley’s largest body of water, W Jasper-Lowell Rd. Goshen il la surrounded by marshes that are home to nesting Western and Clark’s m F F3 et t Grebe, Redhead, Black-necked Stilt, Black Tern and other species that 58 e R Willamette Rd ive are usually associated more with the vast marshes of the Great Basin. r Big Fall Creek Rd. When the reservoir is drawn down in fall, expansive mudflats make this Lower Fox r Hollow Rd e v Pengra Rd. Fall Creek i the best shorebirding area in the Willamette Valley, with extraordinary R Reservoir e t be found here. On some days during Center exit. Loop overt a bridge over finds including Wood Sandpiper in recent years, along with nearly every e migration, “fallouts” occur with dozens Delta Hwy and go W onm Valley River Dr. Winberry Creek Rd. a western shorebird species. On your way to the reservoir from downtown l l of flycatchers, warblers, vireos, Creswelland In 0.4 mi you will reachi a stoplight at Lowell W Dexter Reservoir Boundary Rd. Eugene, the home of the University of Oregon, be sure to visit Skinner tanagers showing up for the day. Bald Goodpasture Islandk Rd. From here, for r Dexter Butte, one of the valley’s prime migration spots, and several spots in the Eagle, Cooper’s Hawk, and Osprey nest access to the Easto Bank Multiuse F t on the butte. The park has facilities Path turn L into thes VRC parking lot. West Eugene Wetlands, one of the nation’s best examples of a cooperative a To 58 o Lookout Point Reservoir to accommodate large numbers of C wetland restoration project. reach parking areas adjacent to visitors and provides excellent views Delta Ponds turn N on Goodpasture Loop Sponsor: Eugene, Coast & Cascades – Travel Lane County of Eugene. Island Rd and look for a small, gravel 99 pull-out in 0.5 mi, or continue N 0.4 ACEFGO mi to a new parking lot, overlook, and Sponsor: Lane County trailhead. F1. Skinner Butte Skinner Butte is the Willamette Audubon Society From 5th Ave near the Public Market in Valley’s best spring migration sites for Black Phoebe songbirds. A loop trail and improved F2. Delta Ponds PHOTO BY: downtown Eugene, turn N onto Pearl St. STEVE DOWLAN Cross the railroad tracks and continue foot paths provide excellent birding From downtown Eugene, go W on W 0.1 mi to 3rd Ave, and turn W (L) to opportunities through coniferous 6th Ave and turn N onto I-105 over the forests on the N slope and mixed Washington-Jefferson Bridge. Get in enter the park. After 0.2 mi turn sharply Willamette Patterson deciduous forest and woodland on the Mtn. Rd R at the gate and continue with caution the R lane andCottage take the Groveexit to Valley National Boundary Rd. up to the parking lot on top; use care S slope. During the migration season, River. Follow the loop under I-105 Row River Rd Forest practically any species of songbird that FR 5840 as the road is narrow and is shared by and head N on Delta Hwy. Get in the N Fork Rd. occurs in the Willamette Valley can R-hand lane and take the Valley River Dorena cars, pedestrians, and bicyclists. Lake Government Rd North Side Rd. FR 17 Sunset Rd. 35 58 Westfi r Oakridge R FR 17 o w R i v e Laying Creek Rd London Rd r Umpqua Cottage Row River Rd Grove M National os Lake by Forest C Brice Creek Rd r Cottage Grove Res. Rd e e k Sharps Creek Rd FR 22 London Rd London Shoestring Rd Big R iver Fairview Big River Rd Peak FR 2212 Sharps Creek Rd Couger Bend Rd Martin Creek Rd Bohemia London Rd Mtn. BLM 23-2-22 Clark Creek Rd FR 23 Umpqua National Forest Snow Peak Row Creek Rd F4. Stewart Pond Western Meadowlark nests here, and From West 11th Ave (Hwy 126) in W flocks of 20 or more can be found Eugene, turn N on Bertelsen Rd. Drive in winter. As of 2009, a total of 206 0.1 mi and turn E (R) on Stewart Rd. species have been recorded in the West Go 0.5 mi, turn N (L) into the Stewart Eugene Wetlands. Pond parking lot. Bicycle access is ACEFGOQ via the Fern Ridge Path, which crosses Sponsor: City of Eugene Bertelsen Rd at Stewart Rd. Stewart Pond includes a large emergent F6. Meadowlark Prairie – wetland and several smaller ponds, Checkermallow Access and is adjacent to oak savanna and WLAN From the Greenhill Overlook (Site F4), O forested wetland habitats. Look here continue N on Greenhill Rd 0.5 mi to a EVE D for shorebirds, waterfowl, and wading T four-way stop at Royal Ave. Go 0.4 mi birds in winter and during spring and E on Royal Ave and watch for sign for fall migrations. Peregrine Falcon has Checkermallow Access parking lot to been seen here. An observation and the S. Bicycle access is via the Fern PHOTO BY: S PHOTO BY: photography blind is located along Ridge Multiuse Path. Anna's Hummingbird the west edge of the pond. A 0.5 mi soft-surface trail leads to the forested This site on Meadowlark Prairie provides direct access to Amazon Creek and Over 120 bird species have been F3. Ridgeline Trail and wetlands. Other informal paths allow recorded at Delta Ponds. Look for access to an extensive area with varied adjacent wetlands. Along with Western Gadwall, Wood Duck, Green-winged Cascade Raptor Center habitats. Meadowlark and the raptors mentioned Teal, Lesser and Greater Scaup, and From downtown Eugene go S on for Site F4, check Amazon Creek Common Merganser along with Great Jefferson St to 18th Ave.

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