Synopses & Reviews
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland by Paul Gerald profiles 60 select trails that give outdoor adventurers a little of everything there is to enjoy around Portland: mountain views, forest solitude, picturesque streams, strenuous workouts, casual strolls, fascinating history, fields of flowers, awesome waterfalls, and ocean beaches. Whether readers want a convenient city bus ride to the flat and fascinating Washington Park, a bumpy drive to Lookout Mountain, or the thigh-burning experiences that are Kings and Elk Mountains, this book lets them know what to bring, how to get to the trailhead, where to go on the trail, and what to look for while hiking. Updated maps, new hikes, even more rankings and categories, fresh photography, and useful backpacking options make the newest edition of this authoritative guide to Portland's best day hikes the most exciting yet.
Synopsis
For 15 years, local outdoor and travel writer Paul Gerald has been the authority on Portland hiking and has just released a substantial update to
60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Portland.and#147;Portland is second to none in the types of hiking around,and#8221; Gerald says. and#147;Everybody asks, and#145;Whatand#8217;s your favorite hike?and#8217; And I always say, and#145;Well, that depends.and#8217;and#8221;
Consistently found on Powelland#8217;s and#147;Best of Nonfictionand#8221; shelf, Gerald has spent the last year researching the guideand#8217;s 5th edition. Readers will find the same features that has made 60 Hikes: Portland the hiking guidebook to own: detailed trail descriptions, key at-a-glance information for quick planning, original maps with elevation profiles, and Geraldand#8217;s own exhaustive list of hike recommendations.
About the Author
Paul Gerald's writing career began in the sports department of the much-missed
Dallas Times Herald. He later worked for the
Memphis Commercial Appeal and the
Memphis Flyer before setting out as a freelancer. His work has appeared in Northwest Airlinesand#8217;
WorldTraveler, Portlandand#8217;s
Willamette Week, Dish Magazine, Weissmann Travel Reports, and numerous newspapers around the country.
Geraldand#8217;s hiking life started at age 12, when he went to a summer camp in the Absoraka Mountains of Wyoming. He became a trail and road hound at that point, and his hometown of Memphis never looked the same. Heand#8217;s hiked in the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Montana, as well as in Appalachia, Alaska, Nepal, and Argentina. In 1996 he moved to Portland to be close to the ocean, the mountains, and the big trees.
Gerald is co-author of The Best in Tent Camping: Oregon (Menasha Ridge Press), and the author of Day and Overnight Hikes: Oregonand#8217;s Pacific Crest Trail, (Menasha Ridge Press) and Breakfast in Bridgetown (Bacon and Eggs Press). For more, see paulgerald.com.
Table of Contents
COLUMBIA GORGE 1 Angels Restand#150;Devils Rest
2 Beacon Rockand#150;Hamilton Mountain
3 Catherine Creek
4 Coyote Walland#150;The Labyrinth
5 Dog Mountain
6 Eagle Creek
7 Chinidere Mountain
8 Larch Mountain
9 McCall Nature Preserve
10 Table Mountain
11 Triple Falls
12 Wahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls
AROUND MOUNT ST. HELENS
13 Ape Canyon
14 Bluff Mountain
15 Lava Canyon
16 Lewis River
17 Falls Creek Falls
18 Silver Star Mountain
19 Siouxon Creek
20 Trapper Creek Wilderness
UP THE CLACKAMAS RIVER
21 Bagby Hot Springs
22 Bull of the Woods
23 Clackamas River
24 Memaloose Lake/South Fork Mountain
25 Roaring River Wilderness
26 Whetstone Mountain
UP THE SANTIAM RIVER
27 Battle Ax Mountain
28 Breitenbush Hot Springs Area
29 Opal Creek Wilderness
AROUND MOUNT HOOD
30 Barlow Pass
31 Cooper Spur
32 Elk Meadows
33 Lookout Mountain
34 Lost Lake
35 McNeil Point
36 Mirror Lake
37 Ramona Falls
38 Salmon Butte
39 Salmon Riverand#150;Devils Peak
40 Tamanawas Falls
41 Timberline Lodge
42 Trillium Lake
43 Twin Lakes
44 Vista Ridge
45 Wildwood Recreation Area
46 Burnt Lakeand#150;Zigzag Mountain
THE COAST AND COAST RANGE
47 Cape Lookout State Park
48 Cascade Head
49 Drift Creek Falls
50 Kings Mountainand#150;Elk Mountain
51 Oswald West State Park
52 Saddle Mountain
53 Wilson River Trail
IN PORTLAND AND THE WILLAMETTE VALLEY
54 Macleay Trail
55 Marquam Trail to Council Crest
56 Oaks Bottom/Willamette River
57 Sauvie Island
58 Silver Falls State Park
59 Tryon Creek State Park
60 Washington Parkand#150;Hoyt Arboretum