Willamette 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 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 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 Ferry WIllamETTE LOOP Willamina W4 18 18 99E Mt. Angel W6 213 W Brooklake Rd i l Valley l 22 Bethel Rd a Junction m e t t 214 e R i v 213 Zena Rd e Hazelgreen Rd Wheatland Rd Wheatland r W5 Silverton Oak Rd Silverton Rd 22 Livemore Rd W3 Keizer Smithfi eld Rd 221 Farmer Rd 214 Coville Rd Portland Rd 99W Salem 22 W2 Cascade Hwy Dallas Commercial Rd 22 River Rd W7 214 214 Falls City Independence Turner Monmouth 51 Aumsville Liberty Rd Monmouth Hwy W Sublimity illam ett e R iv e r Stayton W1 22 99W Ankeny Hill Rd 223 W9 Hunsaker Rd er te Riv Luckiamu Buena Vista Rd Lyons Corvallis Rd Wintel Rd Ferry Jefferson Hwy Maple Grove Rd W8 Talbot Rd Stayton Rd r Pedee Airlie ve Duckfl at Rd Marion i Airlie Rd Jefferson Marion Rd m R ntia Sant Sa iam R rth iver No Stayton-Scio Rd Stayton-Scio Buena Vista Rd Jefferson 226 Kings Valley Scio maxfi eld Creek Rd Springhill Dr Camp Adair Rd tarting from Ankeny Bottom in the heart of the well as large flocks of Cackling Goose, Willamette Valley, one of the nation’s most important Hoskins W1. Ankeny National S graze the open fields in winter. Look sites for wintering Dunlin flocks, this loop in the heart of Wildlife Refuge for wintering waterfowl, swans, large From I-5 between Salem and flocks of Dunlin, Great Blue Heron, the Willamette Valley will lead you over the Salem Hills, Albany: take Exit 243 and drive W and Great Egret in the wetlands. The through Oregon’s state capital, and north to historic on Ankeny Hill Rd. From downtown 20 99E wetlands are reliable for Ruddy Duck, Willamette Mission. Turning east, you’ll ascend into the Salem: go S on20 Liberty Rd about 9 mi20 Lesser Scaup, Canvasback, and Black Kings Valley HwyKings Valley Waldo Hills where the picturesque village of Mt. Angel to where it turnsAlbany SE, becomes Buena Phoebe. Bald Eagle, Peregrine Falcon, Vista Rd and is intersected by Ankeny holds a Bavarian-style Oktoberfest amid hops fields. The 223 99W Red-tailed Hawk, and occasionally Blodgett 20 Hill Rd. Access and viewing points are Red-shouldered Hawk hunt from the spectacular cataracts of Silver Falls State Park are your Oak Creek Dr Walnut Blvd along Ankeny Hill, Buena Vista, and tree lines. Most interior trails are next stop, offering Oregon’s best diversity of owls along Wren Wintel R99Eds, which form a loop around 20 closed from October 1 through March with the scenery. Check the rapids of Fisherman’s Bend the refuge. GPS 44˚ 46’ N, 123˚ 5’ W. 31, with two boardwalks and several 20 34 S for Harlequin Duck or consider a longer jaunt into the Specifically created for Dusky Canada viewing areas open year round.o The Corvallis u Peoria Rd t h 53rd st 53rd Cascades, before you finish the loop by heading west to Geese, this refuge has wetlands, refuge is open from sunrise to sunset. Tangent S 34 a Philomath fields, and Oregon ash mixed with Restroom facilities are on Ankenyn Hill the bottom lands. Lebanon t r i e Tangent Dr a iv cottonwood gallery forest. Dusky and Rd. To the west of the refuge mon Buena 34 M ’s R ary other subspecies of Canada Goose, as Vista Rd, look for Acorn Woodpecker,River Loop sponsorship available Ca la 22 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 M idd le Fo rk W Jasper-Lowell Rd. Goshen il la m e tt 58 e R Willamette Rd i ver Big Fall Creek Rd. Lower Fox r Hollow Rd e v Pengra Rd. Fall Creek i R Reservoir e t t e m Winberry Creek Rd. a l l Creswell i Lowell W Dexter Reservoir Boundary Rd. k r Dexter o F t s a 58 o Lookout Point Reservoir C 99 Willamette Patterson Mtn. Rd Cottage Grove National Boundary Rd. Row River Rd Forest FR 5840 Dorena N Fork Rd. Lake Government Rd North Side Rd. FR 17 Sunset Rd. 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 Springs Big R iver Fairview Big River Rd Peak FR 2212 Sharps Creek Rd Couger Bend Rd Martin Creek Rd Bohemia London Rd Mnt. BLM 23-2-22 Clark Creek Rd FR 23 Umpqua National Forest Snow Peak Row Creek Rd W3. Staats Lake From downtown Salem: go N on Commercial St 1.5 mi to stoplight where main flow of traffic turns R onto Salem Parkway, with River Rd continuing straight ahead. Go N on River Rd 2.8 mi. Turn L on Promenade St (first L after stoplight at intersection with Lockhaven Rd). From I-5: if southbound take Exit Hutton's Vireo 260 or if northbound take Exit 260B and PHOTO BY: BRUCE CRAIG head W on Chemawa Rd, which turns WLAN into Lockhaven Rd. At the stoplight O intersection of Lockhaven and River Rd, EVE D T White-breasted Nuthatch and the turn N on River Rd and take the first L S occasional Lewis’s Woodpecker in on Promenade St. The public access groves of Oregon white oak. The Buena is on the W side of the Promenade St traffic circle (less than one block). GPS PHOTO BY: Vista ferry at the W end of Buena Vista Spotted Towhee Rd links to the Luckiamute Loop 3 44˚ 58’ N, 123˚ 01’ W. mi N of Site L10; note that the ferry This 50-ac private lake in the downtown W4. Willamette is closed during high water in winter, Keizer area was formerly a gravel pit. and Mondays & Tuesdays the rest of It hosts large numbers of waterfowl Mission State Park the year. from October to March. Commercial From Keizer: go N on River Rd to buildings are on the E end, and Wheatland Rd, then N another 5.2 mi ACHO residences and apartments surround to the park. From I-5 N of Salem: Sponsor: U.S. Fish & Wildlife take Exit 263 and go W on Brooklake the rest of the lake. A paved walkway IREMAN Service, Willamette Valley Refuge H circles the lake, but the public is Rd and N on Wheatland Rd, following S Y Complex N restricted to the promenade area at signs. The park is 4.1 mi from I-5. The park is just across the Willamette River THO the E end, from which a small willow- N W2. Minto-Brown A ringed island is visible. Typical species from Maud Williamson Park (Yamhill Island Park are Cackling Goose (by the thousands Loop Site Y10) via the Wheatland ferry. From junction of Liberty Rd and at night), Northern Shoveler, American GPS 45˚ 05’ N, 123˚ 02’ W. Commercial St S of downtown PHOTO BY: Wigeon, Gadwall, Bufflehead, Common Willamette Mission State Park is made Western Screech Owl Salem: proceed N on Commercial St Merganser, Lesser Scaup, Ruddy Duck, up of open, grassy fields and wooded 1 mi to Owens St.

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