Name: Powell Butte Nature Trails from Visitor Center
Start: 2024-12-03T10:00:00-08:00
End: 2024-12-03T12:00:00-08:00

Hoping for good enough weather! Let's work some stuffing and pie off. :)

Note the start time of 10 AM. We'll be doing about 4.5 miles on today's trek.

We will go counterclockwise this time, then head through the woods and down the east side of the park.

Powell Butte Nature Park is 612 acres 600 feet above southeast Portland. Its trails wind through forest settings, orchards, above underground reservoirs and up through grasslands atop the butte.

Elevation gain on these trails is about 400-500 feet. On a clear day, you can see Mt. St. Helens, Mt. Adams, Mt. Rainier, Mt. Hood, Clackamas Butte, Mt. Scott. Mt. Jefferson, Gresham Butte and Olallie Butte.

We'll cross through a meadow with a walnut and apple orchard. Switchbacks ascend to cottonwoods, Douglas-fir, big-leaf maple, western hemlock, western red-cedar, oak savanna and sword ferns.

There are restrooms. Bring your own water to drink.

Dogs are OK on a leash; please pick up after your pet.

We will be done by 11:30.
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