Paul Gerald 
60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland [EPUB ebook] 
Including the Coast, Mount Hood, Mount St. Helens, and the Santiam River

Overview Map

Acknowledgments

Foreword

Preface

60 Hikes by Category

Introduction

Map Legend

In the Columbia River Gorge

• Angels Rest and Devils Rest


• Beacon Rock State Park


• Cape Horn


• Catherine Creek


• Coyote Wall and The Labyrinth


• Dog Mountain


• Eagle Creek


• Herman Creek


• Larch Mountain


• Mount Defiance


• Tom Mc Call Preserve


• Triple Falls


• Wahkeena Falls to Multnomah Falls

Around Mount St. Helens

• Ape Canyon


• Bluff Mountain Trail


• Falls Creek Falls


• Lava Canyon


• Lewis River


• Silver Star Mountain: Ed’s Trail


• Siouxon Creek


• South Fork Toutle River


• Trapper Creek Wilderness

Up the Clackamas River

• Bagby Hot Springs


• Bull of the Woods


• Clackamas River


• Roaring River Wilderness


• Whetstone Mountain

Up the Santiam River

• Battle Ax Mountain


• Breitenbush Hot Springs Area


• Opal Creek Wilderness

Around Mount Hood

• Barlow Pass


• Cooper Spur


• Elk Meadows


• Lookout Mountain


• Lost Lake


• Mc Neil Point


• Mirror Lake


• Ramona Falls


• Salmon River


• Tamanawas Falls


• Timberline Lodge


• Trillium Lake


• Twin Lakes


• Vista Ridge


• Wildwood Recreation Site


• Zigzag Mountain

The Coast and Coast Range

• Cape Lookout State Park


• Cascade Head


• Kings Mountain and Elk Mountain


• Oswald West State Park


• Saddle Mountain


• Tillamook Head


• Wilson River

Portland and the Willamette Valley

• Macleay Trail


• Marquam Trail to Council Crest


• Sauvie Island


• Silver Falls State Park


• Tryon Creek State Natural Area


• Washington Park and Hoyt Arboretum


• Willamette River Greenway

Appendices

• Appendix A: Hiking Stores


• Appendix B: Places to Buy Maps


• Appendix C: Hiking Clubs


• Appendix D: Online Resources

Index

About the Author

Paul Gerald has written professionally for newspapers, magazines, and websites for more than 30 years. After growing up in Memphis, Tennessee, and graduating from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, he moved to Portland in 1996 to be closer to the mountains and ocean. Since then, he has written hundreds of freelance articles and six books in addition to this one, including Peaceful Places: Portland, Day & Section Hikes: Pacific Crest Trail: Oregon, and Best Tent Camping: Oregon.
Paul’s hiking life started at the age of 12, when he went to a summer camp in the Absaroka Mountains of Wyoming. He’s hiked in the Rocky Mountains from New Mexico to Montana and in Appalachia, Alaska, Argentina, Italy, the UK, and Nepal. He has led hikes, outings, and tours, both domestic and international, for Evergreen Escapes of Portland, Embark Exploration Co. (a Portland-based adventure-travel company), and the Mazamas mountaineering club. He is also on the board of Trailkeepers of Oregon and has worked as a driver for Radio Cab Company.
Paul enjoys meeting people who use his books out on the trails; he’s also grateful that none of them have appeared to be lost or angry. He hopes people will continue to enjoy and benefit from the fruits of his labor—if hiking and writing can truly be called labor.